Saturday, June 14, 2008

I passed F.IACTA !

There was always a tiny little bit of insecurity in me for not having any recognised qualifications in Cardiac Anaesthesiology inspite of working in the specialty for close to two and a half years. In an age of progressively increasing awareness amongst the public and professionals regarding the need for superspecialty training in their health care givers, I had every reason to feel the way I was feeling. In an attempt to fill that lacuna in my credentials I decided to appear for Fellowship exams conducted by Indian Association of CardioThoracic Anesthesiologists( F. IACTA). This year the exams were conducted in SRMC Chennai. Let me tell you at the outset itself , it is definitely not an easy exam to pass. Only two years since its conception, the IACTA is striving hard to set high standards and credibility in this fellowship programme. This is being reflected in the percentage of successful candidates .. a miserly 30% last year and an even thrifty 25% this year!
And I passed this exam successfully. Period.