American Osteopathic Board of Surgery
2005 Written Examination Table of Specifications by Specialty

Listed are the exam topics, number of questions on exam by topic and total number of questions.


General Surgery

  ANESTHESIA 8   ONCOLOGY 11
  APPENDIX 11   PANCREAS 9
  BILIARY 15   PATHOLOGY 10
  BLOOD COAGULATION 8   PEDIATRICS 9
  BREAST 15   PHARMACOLOGY 6
  COLORECTAL 17   PULMONARY 8
  EMBRYOLOGY 5   RESPIRATORY 8
  ENDOCRINE 11   SHOCK 7
  ESOPHAGUS 9   SMALL INTESTINE 14
  FLUIDELECTROLYTIES 12   SPLEEN 8
  GENETIC MUTATION 2   STOMACHDUOD 12
  HERNIAS 12   SURGICAL INFECTION 7
  IMMUNOTRANSPLANT 5   TRAUMA 11
  LABORATORY 6   UROLOGY 7
  LIVER 6   VASCULAR 10
  NUTRITION 7   WOUND BURNS 9
  OMT 5   TOTAL 300

 

Neurological Surgery

  BRAIN TUMOR 12 PHYSIOLOGY 2
  INFECTIONS 12 RADIOLOGY 15
  NEUROANATOMY 10 SPINE 6
  NEUROLOGY 11 SPINE LESIONS 5
  NEUROPATH 24 STEREOTACTIC 9
  NEUROPHYSIOLOGY 7 TRANSSPHENOID 6
  PAIN 7 TRAUMA 13
  PEDNEURO 9 TUMOR 15
  PERIHERALN 9 VASCULAR 19
  PHARMACOLOGY 9 TOTAL 200

 

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

  ANESTHETIC 21
  BREAST 16
  BURNS 10
  CANCER 20
  CORE KNOWLEDGE 47
  CRANIOFACIAL 13
  FLAPS 28
  HAND 17
  MICROSURGERY 14
  SKIN DISEASES 14
  TOTAL 200

 

Thoracic Cardiovascular

  ANATOMY 2   PHARMACOLOGY 2
  CARDIAC ENDOCARDITIS 1   PHYSIOLOGY 7
  CARDIAC PACEMAKER 2   THORACIC/LUNG/CHEST 37
  CARDIAC SURGERY 86   THORACICDIAPHRAGM 3
  CARDIAC TUMOR 1   THORACICESOPHAGUS 3
  CARDIAC VALVE 7   THORACICLUNGCA 5
  CARDIAC VENANEURYSM 1   THORACICLUNGTRAUMA 2
  CARDIACCAD 5   THORACIC TRACHEA 2
  CARDIAC CONGENITAL 2   THORACOSCOPY 1
  CARDIAC TRAUMA 2   TRAUMA 1
  CRITICAL CARE 4   VASABDAORTAANEURY 1
  EMBRYOLOGY 1   VASCULARABDAORTA 2
  ESOPHAGUS 1   VASCULAR AORTA 3
  IMMUNOLOGY 1   VASCULAR CAROTID 1
  MEDIASTINUM 1   VASCULAR EXTREMITY 4
  PERIPHERAL VASCULAR 8   VASCULAR MESENISCHEM 1
        TOTAL 200

 

Urological Surgery

  ADRENAL 11   PATHOLOGY 1
  ANATOMY 1   PENIS 14
  BLADDER 51   PROSTATE 21
  BLOOD 4   RENAL 1
  KIDNEY 41   TESTIS 27
  LABORATORY 5   URETER 17
  NUTRITION 1   URETHRA 4
  ONCOLOGY 1   TOTAL 200

 

General Vascular

  AMPUTATION 6   ENDOVASCULAR 5
  ANATOMY 3   GRAFT 7
  ANEURYSM 19   HEMATOLOGY 5
  ANGIOPLASTY 3   ISCHEMIA 1
  ANTICOAGULANTS 5   LYMPH 2
  AORTA 2   MESENTERICISCDHEMIA 1
  ARTDISABDOMINAL 5   MESENTERICTRHOMB 1
  ARTDISLOWEREXTREM 6   NONINVASEVAL 6
  ARTDISUPPEREXTREM 4   OCCLUSIVE DISEASE 2
  ARTERIAL DISEASE 22   PHARMACOLOGY 1
  ARTERIAL GRAFT 5   PORTAL 3
  ATRDISRENAL 1   PREPOSTCARE 4
  AVFISTULA 2   RENAL 5
  BASIC SCIENCE 22   SHUNT 2
  CAROTID 10   SYMPATHECTOMY 1
  COMPARTMENT 2   TRAUMA 11
  COMPLICATIONS 6   VASCULAR ACCESS 1
  CONGENITAL PROBLEMS 2   VASCULITIS 4
  DIAGTEST 5   VENOUS 7
  ENDARTERECTOMY 1   TOTAL 200

 

 
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