So let's start at the beginning

So over the course of the past two years, I have come to a better understanding of what "THE BOARDS" really mean...before, all I would hear when any mention of the boards was "BE AFAID...BE VERY AFRAID!!!" But now I still have a slight twinge of that, but knowing what you are facing really does make the task at hand a little less daunting. So here is the break down:

• A written Local Anesthetic board (written LA)

Then right after you take AND PASS that test you go directly in to take your

• Clinical Local Anesthesia board.

(but if you don't pass the written...you do not pass go and do not collect $200. Instead you can retake it at another time. Of course paying again. Pass it, then go on to the clinicals. Fail it again back to the classroom to retake the class. Yikes)

• Then there is WREB this is the clinical portion of "THE BOARDS"

the exam is given at our clinic which will be nice to be in surroundings that are familiar...and this is the one that you have to find that perfect pt with 12 clicks of subgingival calculus in one quad, and with as few restorations as possible

Then there is

• The written National Board

This is the test that is taken at a testing site, and takes ALL day long. WOOT
So all of this information is what has been passed along to me...I haven't actually lived it all...YET. I haven't kept track exactly of the dollar amount but I would say in the ballpark of $1,200. More to come on registration next time.


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