Everything you need to know about studying with MACPrep.
MACPrep is an NCCAA board review question bank for anesthesiologist assistants — both student anesthesiologist assistants (SAAs) preparing for their initial certification board exam and Certified Anesthesiologist Assistants (CAAs) reviewing and practicing for their recertification board exam. Questions are mapped to the six domains of the NCCAA content outline and written with realistic clinical vignettes, teaching explanations, and references to standard sources (Miller's, Barash, Stoelting, Chestnut's, ASRA, ASA, MHAUS).
Two main audiences: SAAs and CAA students preparing for the NCCAA Certification Examination (CERT), and practicing CAAs reviewing for recertification (the Examination for Continued Demonstration of Qualifications). It's equally useful for anyone who wants a structured, in-depth review of anesthesia principles, physiology, pharmacology, monitoring, subspecialty care, and regional anesthesia.
Every item is tagged to one of six official domains — Principles of Anesthesia; Physiology, Pathophysiology & Management; Instrumentation, Monitoring & Delivery Systems; Subspecialty Care; Pharmacology; and Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management — plus a specific subtopic, so you can study the way the exam is actually scored.
Free accounts can practice 10% of the full question bank, with the same server-graded answers and explanations as premium. Once you've completed your free questions, you can upgrade for full access.
Premium is a one-time $50 payment for full, lifetime access to the entire question bank — every domain, every explanation, and every reference — with no recurring subscription.
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Grading happens on the server. Correct answers and explanations are never sent to your browser until after you answer, so the bank stays secure and your results are tamper-proof.
Questions are authored to a defined quality bar and cited to standard references. Items pass through an authoring and review workflow (draft → SME review → published) before being marked as reviewed. We do not present unreviewed content as exam-validated.
Your dashboard shows total questions answered and your accuracy. Each practice session reports a per-session score so you can see how you're trending across domains.
Yes — premium is a one-time purchase, and you can request a full, no-questions-asked refund within 48 hours of buying by emailing support@macprep.org. After 48 hours, purchases are non-refundable (except where required by law). The free tier lets you try the platform before you pay.
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