EXAMINATION PROCESS
Annual Board Certification (ABC)
Subspecialties
The ABC process also will be offered in 2007 to subspecialists.
In October, Diplomates may request an application for this examination.
The completed application and fee (see FEES) MUST be received in the Board office on or before January 12, 2007. Applications and fees received after January 12, 2007, are subject to a late fee (see FEES).
Subspecialists registered for this process will receive three mailings, one in January, one in April and one in July.
Each mailing will consist of a list of articles (not the actual reading materials) and the questions pertaining to each article.
ABOG cannot supply these articles because of copyright laws.
Each mailing will contain two (2) booklets and one (1) answer sheet.
One booklet (general ob/gyn) will contain various reading assignments in each category (i.e., gynecology, obstetrics and office practice) with 20 questions for each category (total of 60 questions).
The other booklet (subspecialty) will contain various reading assignments in the subspecialty with 30 questions.
The questions will be multiple choice.
If a specific reading assignment is chosen, ALL questions pertaining to that assignment MUST be answered, or those questions not answered will be counted as incorrect.
In summary, a subspecialist must answer a total of 60 questions (out of 180 questions offered) in general ob\gyn from books 1-3 and ALL 90 questions from books 4-6, for a total of 150 questions.
Each January, April and July, a Diplomate will receive a booklet containing:
Gynecology Reading Assignments + 20 questions
Obstetrics Reading Assignments + 20 questions
Office Practice Reading Assignments + 20 questions
and a second booklet containing:
Subspecialty Reading Assignments + 30 questions
One (1) answer sheet to be returned to the Board office.
A passing grade and receipt of the 30 CME credits is achieved by correctly answering 105 of the 150 questions (70%), but all 150 questions must be answered.
Thus, at least 60 of the 180 general ob\gyn questions must be answered plus all 90 of the subspecialty questions. Failure to answer even one less question than the 60 + 90 questions as outlined above will result in an automatic failure.
There are no extra CME's offered in the subspecialty ABC exam.
CME credits are issued by the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Inc. (ACOG). Non-ACOG members may be subject to an additional fee for issuance of CME credit.
Next: MAINTENANCE OF CERTIFICATION EXAMINATION PROCESS: Diplomas
Also see: INTRODUCTION: 2007 EXAMINATIONS
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