he American Board of Anesthesiology-ASA Joint Council on In-Training Examinations encourages all trainees in anesthesiology to participate in the 33rd National In-Training Examination to be given July 14, 2007.

The examination last year was challenging and stimulating to trainees and rewarding to program directors. The 2007 examination will be identical in format. Keyword feedback will be supplied to examinees and program directors, and scores will be provided to enable the examinees to compare their performances to that of all other residents at the same training level and to track their own growth in knowledge. Each program director will receive a summary of the performance of all trainees in that program, including every year each trainee has participated.

A roster of residents who took the In-Training Examination in 2006 will be sent by the ABA to program directors for updating. Instructions will be included with the rosters. Canadian trainees and their program directors will follow the same procedures. The updated roster and fee of $100 per examinee must be received by the ASA Executive Office on or before May 1, 2007. After May 1, the fee increases to $150. No applications for the 2007 examination will be accepted after May 15, 2007.

Application information related to the In-Training Examination is available to program directors from the ASA Executive Office, 520 N. Northwest Highway, Park Ridge, IL 60068-2573; or contact <J.Jacobson@ASAhq.org>.