About Boards Academy

Boards Academy is a learning library and simulator for medical board exams, built by a board-certified physician for candidates in the months before their exam week. The first library covers the two components of the ABA APPLIED Examination: the Standardized Oral Examination and the Objective Structured Clinical Examination.

How the pages are built

Every topic is one examiner exchange you rehearse out loud: a short case, the question an examiner would ask, and the answer a passing consultant gives in about a minute. After the answer comes the reasoning behind each step, the follow-up question that changes the case, the pitfalls that cost points, rapid-fire questions, and the numbers you are expected to say without hesitation.

In study mode the answers stay hidden until you have tried them yourself, because recalling an answer before reading it is what makes it stick.

Sources

Doses, thresholds and guideline recommendations are checked against current society guidelines, drug labeling and reviews, and each one links to its source at the bottom of the page.

Feedback

This is an early build published to collect feedback. If a page is wrong, incomplete, or not how your examiners framed it, email feedback.

Independence

This site is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with the American Board of Anesthesiology or any certifying board, and contains no actual examination material. Every scenario is original.