Meet your AI Examiner: Introducing Behind the Knife Oral Board Simulator
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
Behind The Knife: The Surgery Podcast
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🗓️ 25 September 2025
⏱️ 41 minutes
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Summary
It has arrived! Introducing Behind the Knife's Oral Board Simulator (beta version):
- Unlimited unique oral board scenarios
- Available 24/7
- Diverse examiners
- Natural conversation
- Detailed, actionable feedback based on SCORE curriculum and American Board of Surgery grading scheme
- Try it for free for a limited time!
On this pod, we are thrilled to introduce the newest member of the Behind the Knife team, Dr. Matthew Swenson. Dr. Swenson is a general surgeon and U.S. Air Force veteran. He earned his medical degree from the Uniformed Services University and completed his general surgery residency at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. After training he was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska for 7 years, where he took part in multiple domestic and overseas military exercises. His practice in Alaska also involved partnerships with the local community, including working with residents and local surgeons at the Alaska Native Medical Center. At the completion of his military service, he was recruited to return to Las Vegas as the Associate Program Direct for the Valley Health System General Surgery residency program. Dr. Swenson's primary passion is ensuring surgical residents are fully prepared for independent practice upon graduation, which has led him to create innovative, AI-powered study tools for oral board exam preparation. Whenever time allows, he enjoys family time and all things outdoors.
Hosts:
Ayman Ali, MD (PGY-4, Duke Hospital)
Patrick Georgoff, MD (Trauma/Critical Care Surgeon, Duke Hospital): @georgoff
Matthew Swenson, MD (General Surgeon, Valley Health System)
Talha Rafeeqi, MD (Foregut Surgeon, The Oregon Clinic)
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Behind the Knife listeners. |
| 0:23.4 | I'm I'm Inoula, a general surgery, PGY4 at Duke Hospital. |
| 0:26.8 | Today we're introducing an exciting new behind the knife resource, an AI-powered oral board simulator. |
| 0:32.4 | But beyond this new resource, what's truly remarkable is the story about how it was built |
| 0:36.6 | by a general surgeon with no |
| 0:38.3 | experience in computer science, driven by his dedication to his trainees. At the end of this |
| 0:42.8 | podcast, we'll also give a sneak peek of a complete example case done by me, a clinical starting |
| 0:48.4 | my PGY3 soon. And I'll also give samples of the feedback it provides after completion. |
| 0:54.0 | Now, before we get any further, let me introduce our hosts and guests. |
| 0:57.7 | First, we have Dr. Georgeoff, a trauma surgeon attending of mine at Duke. |
| 1:01.0 | He's one of the directors of behind the knife, and his passion for the education needs no further introduction. |
| 1:05.9 | I'm in. |
| 1:06.7 | This is exciting. |
| 1:07.7 | This is so ridiculously exciting for us at Behind the Knife. |
| 1:10.4 | I can't wait to talk about this AI simulator. It's pretty impressive. |
| 1:15.7 | And next we have Dr. Matthew Swenson. He's a general surgeon and associate PD of General Surgery Residency at Valley Health System in Las Vegas. |
| 1:23.8 | He's an Air Force veteran who completed his medical degree from Uniformed Services University |
| 1:28.1 | and General Surgery residency at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas. |
| 1:33.1 | After training, he was stationed in Anchorage, Alaska for seven years, where he took part |
| 1:37.8 | in multiple domestic and overseas military exercises. |
| 1:41.1 | At the completion of his military service, he was recruited to return to Las Vegas as the |
| 1:45.0 | Associate Program Director for the Valley Health System General Surgery Residency Program. His primary |
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