EDAIC Part-2: Quick synopsis and sample questionnaire by targetedaic (2).

ESAIC conducts the EDAIC Part-2 viva at several centres throughout the year (offline and online).

Structured Oral Examinations (SOEs)

This exam consists of four 25-minute oral examinations, called SOEs, held in a single day, two in the morning and two in the afternoon. The two SOEs in the morning will concentrate on basic sciences and the afternoon SOEs will cover clinical sciences.

Before each SOE, the opening question is provided to the candidate to make appropriate diagrams/ charts and formulate the answer.

SOE 1 (Applied Basic Science, Physiology and anatomy)

• The viva starts with a physiology question.
• The questions may include all topics within physiology and pathophysiology.
• At least one question in this SOE will be about anatomy relevant to the anaesthetist.

SOE 2 (Applied Basic Science, Pharmacology and clinical measurement)

• This will start with the pharmacology question.
• It will include applied pharmacology relevant to anaesthetists.
• At least one of the questions in this SOE will be about clinical measurement.

SOE 3 (Clinical – Anaesthesia and management of critical incidents in anaesthesia)

• This will start with questions on the anaesthesia scenario.
• Questions on the scenario will be followed by further questions on topics such as regional anaesthesia and anaesthetic subspecialties.
• At least one question will be asked about the management of a patient-related critical incident.

SOE 4 (Clinical – Critical care and emergency medicine)

• This will start with questions on the critical care scenario.
• Questions on the scenario may be followed by questions on an internal medicine topic – possibly related to the scenario.
• There will also be questions on emergency medicine and questions of general interest to intensivists or anesthesiologists.
• This SOE includes image interpretation related to anaesthesia and intensive care treatment.

Languages offered for EDAIC PArt-2:

• English,
• French
• German
• Polish
• Portuguese
• Spanish
• Scandinavian

Examiners and guided questions:

• Before each SOE, the candidates will be presented with a lead-in scenario or a question and will have ten minutes to prepare before meeting the examiners and starting the SOE.
• In each SOE the candidate will meet a pair of examiners. One examiner will start the questioning while the other will take notes. After 12.5 minutes, a bell will ring and the two examiners will exchange roles.
• It is accepted that both examiners and candidates are sometimes not using their mother tongue and some allowance for linguistic difficulties is made.
• Every SOE will have a set of five guided questions that the examiners have to cover within 25 minutes. All five questions have the same “value” in points. This means that it is not useful to spend a lot of time on a question when you have already convinced your examiners of your mastery of the topic at hand.

For the convenience of the examinees taking EDIAC viva, we have compiled an exam overview and a sample questionnaire that tries to replicate the actual examination.

Interested candidates can download the sample exam paper below.

Mock-exam for EDAIC Part-2 viva (2)

You can watch a sample examiner video by ESAIC by clicking here.

Please read the EDAIC-2 diploma guide carefully before taking the exam.

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