Anesthesia Residency Program Examination Format
Final Board Examination
1- Written Component:
Type
MCQ
Number of
Questions
100
Time allowed
Remarks
3 hours
MCQs are type A
question with
one best answer
out of 4 with 3
distracters
2- Practical Component :
Type
OSCE
ORAL
Number of
Questions
10 stations
5 stations with
total 10 questions
Time allowed
20 minutes per
station
15 minutes per
question, 30
minutes in each
station
Remarks
Each station with 2
examiners, each
examiner will ask
one clinical
vignette question
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The examination will outline the candidate knowledge and learning
competencies in the following domains :
Exam
Section
MCQs
OSCEs
Oral
Domains
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
Airway
ENT
Obstetric Anaesthesia
Neuroanaesthesia
Regional Anaesthesia
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Co-existing Disease
ICU
Pain Medicine
ACLS
ATLS
Regional Anaesthesia
Co-existing Disease
ICU
ACLS/ATLS
ACLS
ATLS
ICU
Airway
Co-existing Disease
Pain Medicine
Neuroanaesthesia
Paediatric Anaesthesia
Cardiothoracic Anaesthesia
MCQ: Multiple Choice Questions
OSCE : Objective Structured Clinical Exam
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Example of MCQ Question:
A 24 years old male patient was brought to the Emergency Department after being
involved in a domestic violence. He was able to talk but disoriented and confused. He can
open his eyes spontaneously and responds to pain by localizing. His Glasgow Coma Scale
score (GCS) is:
A.
B.
C.
D.
8
15
11
13
Correct Choice: D
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