Is the study material online?
Yes. All material including the exam are online. You will gain instant access to all material as soon as you make a successful credit card payment and follow registration instructions. Please e-mail us if you have problem with registration: info@absite.org.

Is there a fee for using Absite.org?
Yes. There is a nominal fee of $75 which will give access to all of the review materials for 3 months. Users are able to take the same exam a total of two times. The exams can be taken at once or over several sessions - may pause and continue at own pace. It maybe timed as well. There are over 300 high yield questions with full explanations, including many questions representing 2008 absite exam. We know time is critical for the busy surgical resident, therefore rather than focusing on quantity of questions, we focus on quality of questions and their yield year after year. The intention of this site is to help surgical residents study for ABSITE exam. The small nominal fee is to cover the costs of development and maintaining this site and try to avoid charging hundreds or thousands of dollars as other services require for less quality review material.

Is there a separation of senior and junior exams?
Yes. We have now implemented a new system where junior residents will have more basic science questions and senior residents will have more clinical questions. When signing up, you will be asked about your level of training to administer the proper exam.

I get an error when I try to signup, what should I do?
This could be because your username is already taken. Please choose a different user name that is longer. Of note, we only accept Visa, Mastercard and American Express. If you still have problems, please send an email to info@absite.org.

I am having problem with exam module, what should I do?
Make sure you are using latest internet explorer with java capability. If you don't have java capability, you may not be able to pause and continue again. Send us an email if you have problems with exam (info@absite.org)

I have already signed up and paid, but cannot login. What do I do?
If you signed up and paid successfully online, you probably did not complete the last step, which activates your account automatically. To manually activate your account, please send an email to info@absite.org with your username and payment receipt for activation. If you made a succesful payment, you should have an email payment receipt.

Who writes the Exams and Tutorials?
Surgical Residents or Fellows who have taken ABSITE multiple times and done well. Residents with particular interest in a field is generally assiged to their particular field category. We have developed a database of topics that is repeatedly tested annually. Our past editors have been from Stanford, UCLA, Columbia, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, USC and UCSF.

How often is the study material updated?
The material in Absite.org is updated each year. New questions are added based on that year's exam. We continually increase our exam database with questions relevant to ABSITE.

Can more than one person use the same user name?
No. Only the registered person can use the system under his login name by legal agreement. If more than one person log into the system using the same user name, the system will recognize it by our IP and behavior protocol and will permenantly ban that user from this site.

What payment methods do you accept?
We accept credit card (Visa/Mastercard/American Express). To gain access instantly, please follow all the steps in registration. If you missed the last step and do not have access after payment, please send an email to us at info@absite.org to activate your account manually - please send us your username and your payment receipt.

Do you have institutional rates?
Yes. For institutional rates, please email us with the number of residents, method of payment (we accept institutional checks) to info@absite.org . Institutional accounts have special features, including creating account users through a control panel and proctoring mock exams.

Can I become an Editor?
Yes. You are required to be a Surgical Resident (at least R2) or a Fellow. If you are interested in becoming an editor, please send an email with your CV, phone number, category of interest, current year in residency, and institution to info@absite.org. This will be an opportunity to add a line in your CV as an editor while learning more about Surgery. Editors will be compensated $200 per 20 questions they write. To give opportunity to as many surgical residents as possible, this position will be annual. For more information on becoming an editor, please go to:

http://absite.org/editor.htm

How do I contact absite.org if I have questions?
You may contact us by email at info@absite.org. Please leave your phone number, should the need arise to contact you by phone.

Sample Question:

After undergoing complete axillary node dissection for sentinel node positive breast cancer, your patient has difficulty with forced shoulder adduction. She is having difficulty pulling herself out of her chair. There is concern about injury to which nerve in the axillary dissection?

A. Intercostal bracial nerve
B. Thoracodorsal nerve
C. Long thoracic nerve
D. Lateral pectoral nerve
E. Ulnar nerve

Answer: B (Thoracodorsal nerve). Nerves at risk in axillary dissection are the intercosal brachial nerve, thoracodorsal nerve, long thoracic nerve, and medial/lateral pectoral nerves. Difficulty with arm/shoulder adduction is due to thoracodorsal nerve injury. Injury to the long thoracic nerve causes a winged scapula deformity. Injury to the intercostal brachial nerve causes upper arm numbness.