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NCCAA board review, built by a practicing CAA

I built MACPrep for the moments when an SAA or CAA needs a clear next study step — and I still use it while I precept.

JK Jake Karel, CAA — founder of MACPrep

Hi — I'm Jake Karel, CAA.

Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant · Founder, MACPrep LLC

I'm a Certified Anesthesiologist Assistant in active clinical practice. I built MACPrep because, when I went looking for board prep in our field, what I found was outdated, uncited, or overpriced — and a lot of it was really nurse-anesthesia material with "CAA" stamped on the cover.

So I built the thing I wished existed: a question bank written from the ground up for the NCCAA exam, where every answer choice has a rationale and every question links to a source you can open and verify yourself. Nothing goes live until a practicing clinician has signed off on it. That's not a tagline — it's the whole point.

It's the resource I wish I'd had for my own boards, and it's the tool I use to teach the SAAs I precept between cases. In medicine, you should be able to trust — and check — every answer you study. MACPrep is built so you always can.

Whether you're an SAA sitting for certification or a CAA due for recertification, I hope it helps you walk in ready. And if something's ever wrong, tell me — support@macprep.org comes straight to me.

01CAA-specific

Built for the NCCAA blueprint and real AA practice.

02Cited sources

Every published question points to a source you can check.

03Per-choice rationales

Understand why every option is right or wrong.

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