Expert-Led Mock Oral Exams
On-demand mock oral sessions tailored for surgeons and residents. Conducted by board-certified examiners and experienced faculty, these sessions emphasize critical scenarios to maximize your chances of success.
Certifying Exam Preparation for Residency Programs
Let Caliber supplement your Residency Program's existing Oral Boards prep with on-demand mock orals led by expert examiners. Whether you choose to do group sessions or 1-on-1's, track your residents' performance to ensure they graduate ready to pass their exam.
How it Works
Practice makes perfect, so practice like it's the real thing with our Board-certified examiners, high-yield scenarios, and appropriately timed sessions.
Our Board-certified examiners are truly invested in our mission to see you pass. We guarantee the quality of every examiner or your next session is on us!
Elevate your performance with our precise metrics, see how you compare to your peers on each session, scenario, and topic. Pinpoint your weaknesses so you can invest your limited prep time wisely.
Schedule individual or group sessions any time of the year. Integrate your faculty or use Caliber’s expert faculty. Feel confident that the residents are being tested on high-yield content in a realistic style and setting.
Elevate your performance with our precise metrics — see how you compare to your peers on each session, scenario, and topic. Pinpoint your weaknesses so you can invest your limited prep time wisely.
Our Board-certified examiners are truly invested in our mission to see you pass. We guarantee the quality of every examiner or your next session is on us!
Caliber advantage
The only Platform that seamlessly integrates on-demand sessions with expert examiners, objective performance metrics, and AI-powered insights to personalize your learning experience.
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Other Service 1 | Other Service 2 | |
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| Scheduling | On-demand, 24/7 | Limited dates, no time selection | Limited dates, no time selection |
| Recorded sessions | Every Session, Unlimited Playback | No recorded sessions | No recorded sessions |
| Performance metrics | Every Session, Every Scenario | No metrics | No metrics |
| Format | 4 scenarios/30min + 15–30min feedback | 3 scenarios, limited feedback | Unknown # of scenarios |
| Pricing | $100–150 / Session | $165 / 3 scenarios | >$300 / session ($950–1250 / 3 sessions) |
| Guarantee | 100% satisfaction or next session is free | No Guarantees | No Guarantees |
Simple, transparent pricing
Each session includes four scenarios in 30 minutes followed by 15-30 minutes of expert-led feedback. High-yield scenario summary PDF's and recordings are immediately available to optimize knowledge retention.
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Financing
We recognize most Board-eligible surgeons colleagues are scraping by financially, so we keep our prices as low as possible and offer the following options:
We are a growing community of Board-certified surgeons
We are a growing community of Board-certified surgeons who believe you play like you practice. Our mission is to help you get the reps and insight you need to pass the Oral Boards.
Caliber helped me prepare very well for my oral boards so I love paying it forward in teaching new surgeons. Caliber is special because it provides those studying for oral boards with high-yield content and real-time personalized feedback.
I firmly believe that Caliber more than adequately prepares candidates for the Certifying Exam as it delivers not only high-yield content but also emphasizes the critical component of oral board performance. Nothing is more effective preparing for the certifying exam than putting yourself on the hot seat countless times and mastering your delivery. That’s where Caliber stands out, and I’m proud to be a part of it.
The oral board examination is one of the most intimidating exams that we take as general surgeons; this is because it is different than any other exam we have ever taken. It requires you to process information quickly and efficiently while being able to communicate your thoughts in a cohesive manner. Caliber provides the best way to prepare: practice in a simulated environment to build on your existing skills with individualized feedback.
Frequently asked questions
Everything you need to know about our platform.
Every mock oral session includes 4 high-quality, SCORE-based scenarios conducted over 30 minutes followed by 10-30 minutes of feedback by a Board-certified examiner. You’ll also get access to the video recording of the session, a 1-page high-yield summary of each scenario, and Performance Metrics letting you know how your performance compares to your peers’. If you book 3 or more sessions, you’ll also get access to nearly 80 Operative Descriptions for the oral boards.
They are Board-certified surgeons who have a passion for teaching, plain and simple. Some have years of experience while others recently passed their exam. One thing is for sure: we guarantee their quality or your next session is on us!
It depends on your level of readiness for this uniquely challenging exam. Most candidates schedule at least 5 sessions. Some also schedule back-to-back sessions to simulate the real exam. Performance Metrics® after each mock oral session will inform you of how well you are performing compared to your peers. We can also put together a custom curriculum (# and timing of sessions) for you based on an initial assessment with one of our senior examiners. Don’t wait - book your first session ASAP and go from there!
What better way to determine your readiness for the exam than to see how your performance compares to your peers’. We provide Performance Metrics® for every scenario and every session as a whole. While examiner feedback is essential, it’s ultimately subjective, whereas our Performance Metrics® are based on the number of answer choices you got compared to your peers, providing an objective score.
Yes, we do. We’re a bunch of surgeons who understand how expensive it is to prepare for the Boards; therefore, allowing candidates to pay relatively small amounts per month (e.g. $25/month for our 5-session Bulk Package) essentially wipes out this cost burden and makes Caliber accessible to everyone who wants the practice.
As soon as you schedule a session, our team immediately goes to work lining up your examiner. Once we confirm your examiner, we send you a confirmation email. For sessions booked weeks or months in advance, we typically assign an examiner 2-7 days in advance, which is when you’ll get the confirmation email.
We recognize surgeons’ schedules can be unpredictable, so we do our best to accommodate last minute changes. That said, we still compensate our examiners if their sessions are canceled within 12 hours of their scheduled start. Hence, if a session is rescheduled or canceled within 12 hours, there’s a $50 fee that goes directly to the examiner (we don’t make a cent, promise). We will on occasion waive this cancellation fee for extenuating circumstances.
We recommend that you sign into your Caliber account at least a day before your first session and go to the Device Settings Tab to ensure your audio/video are working correctly. If you have a technical issue during your session, you can connect directly to our technical team by using the blue chat box on the bottom right of your screen.
Nope, never.
Nope, unless you request the same examiner for another session.
Yes, you can. Just email us with your requests at support@caliberboards.com
Session recordings appear on your Dashboard ~15 minutes after each session.
Absolutely. Reach out to us at support@caliberboards.com if you’d like to learn more.
