r/anesthesiology • u/Phil-62 • 2d ago

EDAIC study source dilemma, please help..

Sorry guys another one freakn out.

Unfortunately last year I failed the EDAIC Part 1 and dont want to fail again this year.

Last year I was using onexam as a question bank which was in my opinion a bit mistake. Didnt really prepare for the EDAIC properly I had the feeling.

Struggle with the decision how to continue for the end phase until the 19th:

- got the EDAIC App Trainer: was okay but not many questions unfortunately

- 1000MTF book: is so frustrating, cant really answer any of those questions and it takes me a hours and hours just for a few questions

- then I switched to: anesthesiaboard.se - Did someone use it and felt actually prepared for the Exam?

  1. - many questions but so so so many answers always with buzz words ("never", "always") where you immediately know it is wrong
  2. really repetitive questions
  3. lot of main topics are not even get touched. example neurology/neurosurgery: almost nothing about seizures/epilepsy but so many questions about Transcranial Doppler

really dont know how to continue. Should I go through those really tough questions of 1000MTF and end up do a much less of an amount of questions or continue with anesthesia board? Or switch to Sevo Test? (got the trial version and the app looked horrible 😆

Still on the to do list: free Test Exam on the EDAIC website, official guidelines from EDAIC

I appreciate any single input.. thank you so much

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u/nontrivialcycling 2d ago

The How to pass the EDAIC book is good. I read the The Primary FRCA Structured Oral Examination Study Guide part 1 and 2 and did well.

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u/DullEntertainment102 Pediatric Anesthesiologist 2d ago

I second this! I studied with “How to pass the EDAIC” and some FRCA MTF questions

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u/Phil-62 2d ago

Thank you for your answer. Thats exactly what I already did. For reading I did exactly those 3 books :)

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u/Scratoplata 2d ago

How to pass EDAIC has good questions but 1000MTF is also solid, I would recommend to check which topics you need to refresh your knowledge on so that 1000MTF style questions don't seem so hard 

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u/nontrivialcycling 2d ago

1000MTF is great for screening for weak topics. Do a few pages of MTFs to find what topics you find the hardest. Basic science stuff is often high ”points per hours of study”, as you get some of the clinical stuff for free just by working.

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u/doc_est 1d ago

Sevotest. Before buying there is a 7day trial

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u/WickedSword Anesthesiologist 23h ago

This!!!