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Surgery shelf exam bank
Two exam formats, one pool. Forms are sampled to the published content outline, run as one timed block with the real exam tools (timer, flag, strike-out, lab values), and explanations stay locked until you finish. After each form you get a score report by system and physician task, with lessons for your weak areas.
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Fixed mock forms
Three fixed forms per format, built to the same blueprint with no question shared between them. Elite. Status and scores show on the Exams hub.
Practice by topic (tutor mode)
Questions you have not seen in an earlier full form are preferred, so a new form never repeats an old one unless the pool runs out; when it does, the form tells you how many items repeat. Misses go to your Missed Questions deck for daily review.
NBME Surgery subject exam blueprint
Official outline: www.nbme.org/subject-exams/clinical-science/surgery. Weights are paraphrased public ranges. Re-check the live outline before test day.
Blueprint and pool depth
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| Area | Official range | On a 110-item form | BW pool items | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood, lymphoreticular and immune | 6-15% | 12 | 13 | ok |
| Nervous system and special senses | 5-10% | 8 | 2 | gap |
| Skin and subcutaneous tissue | 1-5% | 3 | 36 | deep |
| Musculoskeletal | 3-7% | 5 | 13 | deep |
| Cardiovascular | 10-15% | 14 | 13 | thin |
| Respiratory | 8-12% | 11 | 25 | deep |
| Gastrointestinal | 20-25% | 25 | 120 | deep |
| Renal, urinary and male reproductive | 4-12% | 9 | 16 | ok |
| Female reproductive and breast | 3-7% | 5 | 6 | ok |
| Endocrine | 3-7% | 6 | 25 | deep |
| Multisystem processes and social sciences | 6-15% | 12 | 0 | gap |
| Task | Official range | On a 110-item form |
|---|---|---|
| Applying foundational science | 8-12% | 11 |
| Diagnosis | 50-60% | 62 |
| Pharmacotherapy, intervention and management | 30-35% | 37 |
Pool gaps: Nervous system and special senses; Multisystem processes and social sciences. Forms still run at full length; the report lists which categories were short.
COMAT Surgery blueprint
Official outline: www.nbome.org/assessments/comat/clinical-subjects · www.nbome.org/assessments/comat/clinical-subject-exams/surgery. Weights are paraphrased public ranges. Physician-task excerpt was truncated; only history and physical (25-35%) was captured, so task targets are report-only.. Re-check the live outline before test day.
Blueprint and pool depth
Swipe the tables sideways to see every column.
| Area | Official range | On a 120-item form | BW pool items | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breast | 7-11% | 10 | 11 | ok |
| Hernias | 9-12% | 12 | 12 | ok |
| Hepatobiliary | 14-20% | 19 | 40 | deep |
| Perioperative care | 16-20% | 20 | 25 | ok |
| Trauma | 14-18% | 18 | 36 | deep |
| Endocrine | 6-10% | 9 | 23 | deep |
| Gastrointestinal and nutritional health | 18-24% | 23 | 48 | deep |
| Integumentary and musculoskeletal | 6-10% | 9 | 37 | deep |
| Task | Official range | On a 120-item form |
|---|---|---|
| History, physical and diagnostic technologies | 40-55% | 64 |
| Management and health promotion | 25-40% | 43 |
| Scientific mechanisms of disease | 5-15% | 13 |
No category is below its minimum.
About these forms
Independent educational practice. Not an official NBME or NBOME exam, not affiliated with either, and not a score predictor. Questions are original. Bone Wizardry items are not equated to real forms, so the score report shows a percent-correct band and a rough percentile range marked as an estimate. The free sampler uses reviewed-only items.