ABC's Case List Workshop Helps You Prepare for Your Oral Exams

The title "Case List Workshop" is the polite and politically correct term. "Labor camp" or "Sweat Shop" is the true description. This workshop, and the emphasis is on work, is a roll your sleeves up, get down and dirty, interactive seminar.

This workshop is a combination of instruction with immediate implementation in practical exercises. We will start with creating a rough draft of a case list and end with a polished product. The day is an exhausting, yet gratifying as you will have a system that you can immediately use to artfully and strategically compose and rework your case list and submit a sure fire pass product.

Workshop Dates for 2012

April 10 - Greenville SC
May 5 - San Jose CA
May 19 - Atlanta GA
May 19 - New York NY
[Date TBD] - Memphis TN

Fees

A complete schedule of fees is listed here. ABC reserves the right to cancel within 3 weeks of the date of the workshop if there is not a minimum of 10 registrants.

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"Helped this overwhelming task seem not so daunting" - CB April 2011

"I am SOOOOOO glad I decided to come to your Case List Construction workshop. It was OUTSTANDING! I really feel empowered to take on the oral boards experience again and be successful. After seeing examples, working through some of the cases as a group, and hearing your advice and reasoning, I can clearly see where I had shortcomings in my case list in prior years and I now no longer fear repeating the same mistakes. I just can't tell you how this one day has tremendously boosted my confidence and motivated me." - JM April 2011

"(San Jose Workshop) Miki Takase-Sanchez is an amazing presenter. She is smart and energetic and thorough. I walked out of there thinking, 'I can do this.'" - DJ May 2011

"Like many, I thought it was mandatory to use the ABOG software. You easily convinced me that a custom case list was better. However I was shocked with how easy and quickly I could pull it off. Debbie was a huge help with technical support. I am thrilled with the night and day difference. My case list is sooo much easier now to edit. I'm coasting and it's only May; yawn - plenty of time until Aug 1." -- MT, 2008

"The Chicago workshop was fabulous and so informative. I have all of my cases entered thus far, so Dr. Polite was able to guide me on how to make it flow. This workshop was invaluable!!! I can't wait until the review course in September. I hope all your faculty are this awesome!" - PL 5/09

"I have a much clearer picture of how a case list should be organized." - 4/08

"Presenting our nightmare cases to the group was most helpful, I think we left no stones unturned" -- Sep 08

"I think one of the most important parts of the course was the personalized attention that I got from Dr. Das and her colleagues. I wasn't just another workshop participant - I really felt like they cared about my success. Also, the case list workshop is a must! I felt like I understood how to structure the list prior to attending, but I can see how much better it will be once I use the tips and tricks learned at the workshop. Thanks!" -- CP May 2010

"Dr. Polite was exceptional, outstanding, helpful, thorough, attentive...I cannot list all the adjectives to describe her. I am so glad I went to the workshop. I have been constructing my cases on paper and her suggestions were invaluable." -- PS May 2010

"I flew from the west coast, but was stranded in the Dallas airport. I didn't arrive to Atlanta until 3 hours after the workshop had started. Dr. Griffin stepped out and personally oriented me to help me jump in with the group. Although I was grateful for his individual attention, I couldn't believe that Dr. Das stayed an additional two hours after the workshop ended, just to go back over the material I missed. I knew she had a four hour drive home, but her only priority seemed to be me. Never before, have I ever received such individualized attention at a course." -- EM May 2010

"I was so inspired by the workshop, that evening I got right to work. I have limited computer abilities, but you were right, it was easy to create a custom list. I followed Dr. Keever's instructions step-by-step and viola' I was ready to enter cases. I initially used a commercial software, but my custom list is head and shoulders superior. I incorporated my new tips and can't believe how fast and easy it was to reenter my cases. Do you think ABOG will mind if I turn my case list in early?" -- SS June 2010

"The Case List Construction Workshop was very helpful for preparing my case list (I'm a 3rd timer). I now see many of the mistakes I made before." - 4/08