An exam session consists of three distinct exam appointments. Each exam appointment is hosted by two examiners, covers two clinical subject areas (see Examination Topics), is 50 minutes long, and covers 14 clinical cases. This amounts to a total of 42 cases on the exam.
During each appointment, the two examiners will each ask seven questions in the paired subject areas. Both examiners will score the candidate independently on all of the cases covered during the appointment. In the case of technical issues, a senior ABO official or another examiner may step in for an examiner until the issue is resolved. When a new examiner is training, the mentor examiner will ask all of the questions during the first appointment and both examiners will score the candidate.
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