The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Focused Practice Designation, developed by the American Board of Surgery with the American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery, is examined as a single written paper of roughly 150 questions across two 120-minute sessions. Sixty per cent of the paper sits in preoperative assessment and postoperative management — the two areas where candidates most often lose marks. Practise with questions mapped to that published content outline.
Start practising freeIt is a single written examination of approximately 150 multiple-choice questions lasting about four and a half hours, delivered as two 120-minute sessions. It is offered once a year in the spring, and candidates have a maximum of three attempts within five years.
The published content outline weights preoperative assessment and management at 30 per cent, postoperative assessment and management including complications, weight regain and recurrence at 30 per cent, operations and interventions at 25 per cent, the science of obesity and metabolic disease at 7.5 per cent, and special populations including age-specific groups, comorbidities and pregnancy at 7.5 per cent.
Surgeons currently certified by the American Board of Surgery or the American Osteopathic Board of Surgery and compliant with continuous certification, with a sustained metabolic and bariatric practice meeting the board case-volume and stapling requirements, practising at an accredited metabolic and bariatric surgery centre.
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