Before the course...

In order to make your plans we have listed the following important start and end times based upon EST:

ABOG Oral Exam Candidates:

• 8:00 am EST – Tuesday, August 15th, 2023 - Oral Exam Workshop held virtually via Zoom
• 6:45 am EST - Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 - Course check-in
  7:00 am EST – Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 - Announcements
• 3:15 pm EST – Sunday, August 20th, 2023 – Course adjourns

AOBOG Oral Exam, ABOG and AOBOG Written Exam Candidate Candidates and those coming for a review:

• 6:45 am EST - Course check-in
  7:00 am EST – Wednesday, August 16th, 2023 - Announcements
• 3:15 pm EST  – Sunday, August 20th, 2023 – Course adjourns

Note:  After July 15^th a change in course modality by the registrant will incur a $250 changeover fee.  You will be invoiced for this amount and once payment has been made, we will switch you over.

COURSE SCHEDULE: 

5-Day Review Course Schedule - Coming soon
Note:  a course schedule will be included in your course binder

LIVE IN-PERSON ATTENDEES

COURSE LOCATION:

MOUNTAIN AREA HEALTH EDUCATION CENTER
121 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803-2868

During the course we are going to enjoy catering from a wonderful local Asheville caterer for breakfast and lunch - please let us know any dietary restrictions that you have no later than July 28th (email to kelly@americasboardreview.com) so that we can let the catering company know.
Asheville is committed to being green - please feel free to bring your own water bottle to enjoy filtered water at the course.  There will also be coffee, tea, and soft drinks.  
MAHEC will be checking temperatures each day at the event space, and masks are required in the building.

COURSE HOTELS:

Recommended Hotel in Asheville:
A limited number of rooms at a discounted rate of $133 are available at:
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Asheville - Biltmore
115 Hendersonville Road
Asheville, NC 28803
Phone+1 828-274-1800
Offer expires July 21, 2023 - please book your rooms asap! 

The Doubletree is walkable to the event site. They will also provide a shuttle on Wed - Fri. that will take Doubletree guests to the event site at the top of the hill (from the hotel) in the morning, and back in the evening.  Shuttle schedule for this will be posted closer to the course on this page.
NOTE: Shuttle does not run on the weekends.

Additional hotels in walkable proximity -

• Hampton Inn & Suites (117 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC)
• Holiday Inn & Suites (186 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC)

Asheville Airport, here is a link to ground transportation options upon arrival: GT_Card_09-29-21 (flyavl.com). 

For those driving to the MAHEC Event Space (not staying at a walkable hotel), there will be parking available - please just follow-up the event signs for parking at 121 Hendersonville Road, Asheville, NC

VIRTUAL COURSE ATTENDEES

WEBEX PLATFORM: User's Guide

Link for 5-day course - Coming soon

MAHEC IT support will open the room 20-30 minutes prior to each day's lecture.

Practice Session with MAHEC staff: Coming soon

ADDITIONAL INFO

TUESDAY WORKSHOP INFO FOR ABOG ORAL EXAM CANDIDATES:

TUESDAY - 2023 - Coming soon

ACCESSING ALL ONLINE PRODUCTS, AND SERVICES VIA LITMOS LMS:

• ABOG Oral: Structured Cases Set of 85
• AOBOG Oral: Structured Cases Set of 85, OMM, Clinical Scenarios
• Written Exam: Test Taking Skills Course, Written Questions Online, Practice Exam, Q Banks 
• Review, Recertification, MOC and Other: Test Taking Skills Course, Written Questions Online, Practice Exam

Litmos - our Online User’s Guide to ABC’s Learning Management System

• Upon purchase you will receive log-in information from: americasboardreviewcourse.litmos.com.
• Your USERNAME will be your email address. You will then be asked to create a PASSWORD.
• Once an account has been created you will be given access to your Course Library - Bookmark this link! You cannot access this through the ABC website.
• View the modules tab on the dashboard to view a list of videos within the course.
• The additional references tab contains downloadable documents.
• You can also stream through any device by downloading the Litmos app. Use domain name: americasboardreviewcourse.

Test Taking Skills Online Course

Have you ever scored less than 200 on your CREOGs? If so, you could be in danger of failing your written board exam.  The greatest success stories come from registrants who take advantage of our live course plus the Test Taking Skills Course Online. The Online Skills course teaches you how to take a test and when you arrive at our live Interactive Course you will implement these new methods in daily faculty facilitated sessions. 

Peer Review Network - Course Roster

ABC embraces and encourages networking with your colleagues.  No one knows better what you're going through than your peers.  Therefore, we would like to include you in our Peer Review Network for the review course.  The roster of each attendee will include name and email.  Please contact Melissa Krauss by July 21st if you do not wish to be included.   

Once the course has started...

Earning CME Category I Credit Hours:  

Please note that we are required by MAHEC to take attendance multiple times daily to verify CME credit. It is also imperative that you sign in each day or fill out your MAHEC attestation link each day during the course.  

Attestation Links - coming soon

After the course...

Obtaining CME Credit Hours

Please make sure that you have completed all of your daily sign-ins or links for the course. Approximately 1-2 weeks after the review course you will receive an email from MAHEC (Mountain Area Health Education Center). In this there will be a link to complete a MAHEC evaluation.  Once the MAHEC evaluation is complete you will be able to click on your CME certificate.  For your reference information on this process is located here: 

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If after 3 weeks you do not receive the email from MAHEC or if you have any questions about CME, please contact Kelly Friesen, ABC's CME Coordinator at kelly@americasboardreview.com.

MAHEC CME ACCREDITATION AND CREDIT STATEMENT