Anesthesiology APPLIED Exam › Mock oral exams
Mock oral exams
Each exam is one full SOE session, timed the way the real one runs. Read the stem, answer each examiner question out loud, then compare with the ideal answer and mark how you did. Every answer links to the topic page with the full reasoning.
2 exams are free. Full access opens all 15.
Session 1: long stem
20 minutes to read the stem, then intraoperative (10 min), postoperative (15 min) and three additional topics (10 min).
- Total knee arthroplasty in an elderly patient with severe aortic stenosis Free14 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Laparoscopic colectomy in a morbidly obese patient with sleep apnea and diabetes on a GLP-1 agonist Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Exploratory laparotomy after a motorcycle crash with brain injury Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Open infrarenal aortic aneurysm repair in a patient with COPD, kidney disease and a coronary stent Full access14 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- VATS left upper lobectomy in a recent smoker with COPD Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Coronary bypass grafting on cardiopulmonary bypass in a patient with a low ejection fraction Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Open right hepatectomy for hepatocellular carcinoma in a patient with cirrhosis Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Laparoscopic adrenalectomy for pheochromocytoma in a patient recovering from catecholamine cardiomyopathy Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
Session 2: short stem
10 minutes to read the stem, then preoperative (10 min), intraoperative (15 min) and three additional topics (10 min).
- Urgent cesarean delivery for pre-eclampsia with severe features Free13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Adenotonsillectomy in a child with sleep apnea and a recent cold, then a post-tonsillectomy bleed Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Hip fracture repair in an older patient with dementia taking apixaban Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage for craniotomy and clipping Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Emergency laparotomy in a hemodialysis patient in septic shock Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Primary closure of gastroschisis in a late-preterm neonate Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart
- Repeat cesarean delivery in a parturient taking buprenorphine for opioid use disorder Full access13 questions · 35 min · Physician-reviewedStart