Prep for your oral board exams. Anytime, anywhere.

Practice on your schedule with authentic, subspeciality‑specific cases and a real‑time AI examiner. Built by anesthesiologists to mirror the oral boards, complete with probing follow‑ups and structured expert feedback. Built for phones — practice anywhere you have a signal.

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Free trial session. No credit card required. 30‑day money‑back guarantee.

Why anesthesiologists choose On‑Call Board Prep

Specialty‑specific. Real‑time. Designed to build confident, exam‑ready reasoning.

Anytime, anywhere

Practice on your schedule without coordinating peers or paying for expensive live coaching.

True oral exam simulation

Interact with a real‑time AI examiner that listens, probes, and asks follow‑ups, like test day.

Structured expert feedback

Per‑question strengths and gaps, ideal responses, dosing/sequence corrections, and a prioritized study plan.

Built by anesthesiologists

Every scenario, follow‑up, and rubric reflects real anesthesiology oral board experiences, not generic test prep.

Fair, user‑first access

Rollover credits, preserved access, even if you pause. Free trial, no card. 30‑day money‑back.

Built for mobile

Optimized for phones so you can practice anywhere you have a signal, on rounds, between cases, or on the go.

Real, evolving cases that mirror the oral boards

Cases unfold across pre‑op, intra‑op, and post‑op phases. Early decisions shape later physiology and outcomes as an examiner drives progression with targeted prompts and follow‑ups. You’ll be challenged to explain your reasoning, prioritize, escalate, and act decisively.

Examiner‑driven progression

Targeted challenges and follow‑ups that mirror the feel of the exam.

Mandatory crises

Unavoidable deterioration that forces prioritization and escalation.

Judgment over trivia

Multiple reasonable paths; unsafe approaches are explicitly rejected.

Clinically grounded

Realistic vitals, labs, imaging, and consult considerations.

Practice across 77 original cases with unlimited retries, and focus your training by selecting the subspecialties you care about most.

Expert feedback that actually helps

Receive clinician‑level feedback that is specific, corrective, and actionable — per‑question strengths and gaps, exemplar Ideal Responses, dosing/sequence corrections, crisis algorithms, and a prioritized study plan with trusted guideline links.

Per‑question insights

Strengths, gaps, and Ideal Responses for each prompt.

Critical corrections

Medication dosing and sequence, what to avoid, what to do first.

Crisis playbooks

Concise algorithms for hypertensive crises, anaphylaxis, airway events.

Scored rubric + pass likelihood

Scores by domain and an overall pass‑likelihood estimate.

How it works

Simple flow, rigorous practice. Focus on improving your reasoning — not managing logistics.

  1. 1

    Preview & select a case

    Browse anesthesiology‑specific scenarios that mirror the real exam — pick your examiner voice and tailor the pool to your subspecialties.

    App interface showing a list of anesthesiology cases with details and a highlighted selection.
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    Optional High Pressure mode

    Start a real‑time session

    Answer under exam‑like conditions. The AI examiner listens and asks follow‑ups.

    Turn on High Pressure mode for practice that feels closer to the tougher examiner styles people warn you about: brisker pacing, sharper follow‑ups, and more pressure to commit to a plan.

    Real‑time session screen with AI examiner prompts and user voice response controls.
  3. 3

    Get structured feedback

    Receive strengths/gaps by question, ideal responses, prioritized next steps, and key guideline links.

    Structured feedback report highlighting strengths, gaps, ideal responses, and a prioritized study plan.
  4. 4

    Track progress & repeat

    Build confidence over multiple sessions and see improvement over time.

    Progress dashboard with charts showing performance trends and session history over time.
  5. 5

    Pick up where you left off

    Resume on your phone — your progress saves automatically so you can practice anywhere you have a signal.

    Mobile session view showing a live case with controls on a phone.

A Better Way to Practice for your Oral Boards

Faculty mocks, peer mocks, and ChatGPT can all help. The real question is whether they give you enough structure, pressure, realism, and feedback to trust them as serious board prep.

Getting started

Traditional Mock Exams

Strong when you can book a good examiner, but scheduling is hard and expensive.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Easy to try, but you still have to write and tune the prompt yourself.

On‑Call Board Prep

Open the app, choose a case, and start.

Exam realism

Traditional Mock Exams

Can feel very real with the right examiner, but it depends heavily on who you get.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Can feel useful at first, but may drift, get too helpful, or stop pressing.

On‑Call Board Prep

77 cases written and validated by anesthesiologists who passed the exam, with evolving phases, crises, follow-ups, and a timer.

Pressure and follow-ups

Traditional Mock Exams

A strong examiner can push you well, but the level of challenge varies a lot.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Good for talking through cases, but it may go along with you instead of testing you.

On‑Call Board Prep

Designed to probe and press when your answer is incomplete, with optional High Pressure mode.

Live session reliability

Traditional Mock Exams

Works best when both people can stay focused, but real-life interruptions still happen.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Works in a quiet setting, but noise and awkward turn-taking can break the flow.

On‑Call Board Prep

Noise suppression plus built-in pause and resume, so real-life interruptions do not derail the session.

Feedback you can trust

Traditional Mock Exams

A great examiner can give excellent feedback, but it may be brief or hard to revisit.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Can give a quick response, but not always a clear breakdown of misses and unsafe calls.

On‑Call Board Prep

Structured strengths, gaps, ideal responses, corrections, and next steps.

Repeatable practice

Traditional Mock Exams

One session may be great, but it is hard to recreate the same case or style.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Can be helpful, but hard to reproduce once you restart or change prompts.

On‑Call Board Prep

Consistent cases, examiner styles, and repeatable practice across sessions.

Long-term progress

Traditional Mock Exams

Very valuable for occasional mocks, but hard to build a long-term record.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Can help you practice today, but it does not naturally show how you are improving over time.

On‑Call Board Prep

Track progress across repeated sessions over time.

Pause and resume

Traditional Mock Exams

Works best when you can finish in one sitting, but pauses and restarts are clumsy.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Fine for short practice, but usually resets when the session is interrupted.

On‑Call Board Prep

Pick up where you left off without losing the session.

Practice on the go

Traditional Mock Exams

Valuable when you have protected time, but hard to fit into short downtime.

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

Possible on your phone, but not built for quick phone-first live practice.

On‑Call Board Prep

Designed for phone or laptop practice between cases, at home, or on call.

Cost

Traditional Mock Exams

$200–$750 per session

DIY ChatGPT Prompt

ChatGPT Plus is $20/month, plus setup friction and uneven results.

On‑Call Board Prep

Under $2 per live session, with unlimited retries and a 30-day money-back guarantee.

What users are saying

92%
Felt exam-like under pressure
83%
Rated sessions highly useful
83%
Valuable or essential in prep routine
Was extremely helpful to hear myself talking and rambling on. Thinking out loud under pressure is exactly what’s hardest to practice without something like this.
CA‑3 resident
I think it’s a really helpful tool and I’ll be using it during my prep. Overall amazing!
CA‑3 resident
Easy to use, and I can run through more cases than I could coordinating with a friend.
Recent examinee, beta tester
I really like the model answer portion. It helped me get better at more succinctly formulating my own answer.
Resident

Free trial. 30‑day money‑back guarantee.

Try one full session for free — no credit card. If you continue and don’t find it valuable, we’ll refund you for unused sessions. Fair, simple, and focused on your success.

Plan overview

Flexible options for your prep style. Switch anytime.

Starter PlanStart slow. Stay sharp.

$19/month

  • 5 real‑time sessions per month
  • Instant feedback
  • Examiner voice selection
  • Subscriber discount on session packs

Intensive PlanYour daily board prep dose.

$39/month

  • Everything in Starter
  • 20 real‑time sessions per month
  • Unlimited retries
  • Rollover up to 20 unused sessions
  • Download stems for offline prep

Session PackNo commitment. Just practice.

$25 one-time

  • Includes 5 sessions
  • One‑time purchase
  • Use anytime
  • Feedback and retries included

Skip the subscription. Save 15% at checkout. Pay once for access through your exam date. No renewals to track, and all sessions unlock immediately.

Resources

Guides and FAQs to help you prep confidently for the ABA APPLIED exam.