1. Degree of Doctor of Medicine, or an equivalent degree, and unrestricted license. Candidates with a D.O. degree must have graduated from a school of osteopathy accredited by the American Osteopathic Association.
2. An unrestricted license. An educational or institutional license to practice medicine in any of the states or territories of the United States or a province of Canada meets this requirement.
The requirement of unrestricted license in all states in which the candidate holds a medical license must have been met prior to the time that the application is submitted and prior to the time of the examination.
3. The candidate must have unrestricted hospital privileges (excluding preliminary restrictions for newly requested hospital privileges) to practice as an obstetrician-gynecologist in each of the hospitals in which the candidate has patient care responsibilities. If the candidate is under investigation or on probation (for cause), the examination will be deferred until an investigation is completed, the probation is lifted and full and unrestricted privileges are granted.
4. The candidate will be required to have completed or be near completion (see Application for Examination) of no less than 42 to 48 months in clinical obstetrical and gynecological programs accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME). Canadian applicants must have no less than five years in clinical obstetrical and gynecological programs accredited by the Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (CRCPSC).
Such programs must include the usual time as chief (senior) resident in the program.
A year spent in an ACGME accredited transitional-year program (PGY- 1) sponsored or co-sponsored by an ACGME-accredited obstetrics and gynecology program will meet the requirement for PGY-1 year.
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Time spent in an osteopathic hospital or in any program not accredited in obstetrics and gynecology by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the Council of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada will NOT fulfill this requirement.
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5. A statement signed by the Program Director certifying that the candidate has:
a. satisfactorily completed the course of instruction designed for this program.
b. taken leaves of absence and vacation not exceeding those described in THE RESIDENCY PROGRAM, item number 8.
c. completed and submitted to the program director a satisfactory list of obstetrical patients with medical and obstetrical complications, as well as, operative obstetrical and gynecological procedures performed during all the years of residency training. This residency experience log may be used to document the adequacy of such technical training.
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The experience log or a copy should be kept by the graduate for possible use in the future if needed to supplement his/her case list which is required for admission to the oral examination (see
Patient Lists for the Oral Examination).
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d. achieved the appropriate knowledge, ability, and judgment in order to provide appropriate clinical care in obstetrics, gynecology, and women's health as documented by ongoing evaluation during the entire resident program.
e. demonstrated the necessary technical skills to perform:
(1) major abdominal and vaginal surgical procedures upon the female pelvis and related structures;
(2) major surgical procedures for female urinary and fecal incontinence and other forms of pelvic dysfunction (reconstructive pelvic surgery);
(3) spontaneous and operative obstetric deliveries;
(4) surgical exploration of the abdomen;
(5) pelvic and abdominal endoscopic procedures;
(6) diagnostic evaluations including electronic fetal monitoring, ultrasound, colposcopy, amniocentesis and urodynamic testing; and
(7) the diagnosis and treatment of complications of the above.
f. demonstrated good moral and ethical character.*
