The American Board of Anesthesiology Gets a Passing Grade on Its New Objective Structured Clinical Examination

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka^{1

2}, Keith H Baker^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ From the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

Comment

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka et al. Anesth Analg. 2020 Nov.

. 2020 Nov;131(5):1409-1411.

doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000005204.

Daniel Saddawi-Konefka^{1

2}, Keith H Baker^{1

2}

¹ From the Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts.

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First-Year Results of the American Board of Anesthesiology's Objective Structured Clinical Examination for Initial Certification.
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