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EXAMINATIONS: REQUIREMENTS AND APPLICATIONS FOR ADMISSION AND RE-ADMISSION

THE WRITTEN EXAMINATION

Requirements

The candidate may take the written examination for subspecialty certification following completion of a Board approved fellowship program.

It is the candidate's responsibility to inform the Board in writing if their address has changed in order to receive notification materials in a timely manner.

To be admissible for the written examination, the candidate must have passed the written examination for principal certification by The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Inc. (see ABOG Bulletin), and have an unrestricted license to practice medicine in all of the states or territories of the United States or a province of Canada in which the candidate holds a medical license.

In addition, the applicant MUST HAVE SATISFACTORILY COMPLETED OR BE NEAR COMPLETION OF THE GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING WHICH PREVIOUSLY WAS APPROVED BY THE DIVISION.

Time spent in fellowship prior to completion of the eligibility requirements to take the principal written examination of The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology will NOT provide credit toward admissibility to the subspecialty examination unless a specific exception has been approved by the Board in advance.

Following submission of the necessary application form and fee, each application will be considered in accordance with the requirements in effect for that year.

The candidate then will be notified of admissibility to the written examination.

If it is determined that an applicant does not meet the requirements to take the examination, a new application and fee, submitted at a later date, will be considered, subject to the requirements in effect during the year of the new application.

Application for the Written Examinations

ALL APPLICATIONS MUST BE FILLED OUT COMPLETELY.

Written examinations for subspecialization are given every two years.

The next examination for maternal-fetal medicine and reproductive endocrinology and infertility will be held June 22, 2007. The next examinations for gynecologic oncology will be given June 27, 2008.

A candidate scheduled to complete, on or before September 30, 2008, at least three years of post-residency graduate medical education, approved in advance by the division must apply before November 16, 2007, to write the gynecologic oncology division's examination on June 27, 2008.

The application form for the written examination should be requested from the Board office in writing after September 1.

The completed application must include the signature of the program director and chairman at each fellowship institution, each attesting to the satisfactory completion of the program, and that the candidate has completed the work necessary for the anticipated thesis.

The complete application must include documentation of passing the approved required graduate courses. Adequate documentation is an official transcript or letters signed by the course instructors (not the program director). The courses must have an examination which the fellow must pass.

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO (2) SEPARATE FEES FOR BOTH THE WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATION. ONE FEE IS AN APPLICATION FEE AND THE SECOND FEE IS THE EXAMINATION FEE.

The candidate's completed application for the June 22, 2007, MFM and REI written examinations, with payment of the $895.00 APPLICATION FEE in U.S. funds, current medical license with expiration date, must be received in the Board office ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 17, 2006.

For the June 27, 2008, GO written examination, the candidate's completed application, with payment of the $935.00 APPLICATION FEE in U.S. funds, current medical license with expiration date, must be received in the Board office ON OR BEFORE NOVEMBER 16, 2007.

Application and late fees for the written examination are not refundable and will not be credited against a future application.

Admission to the Written Examination

A candidate, notified in February 2007 of admissibility to the June 2007 MFM and REI written examination, is required to submit the $800.00 EXAMINATION FEE by March 23, 2007 and will be given authorization to contact the Pearson-VUE computer based testing service (in order to make a testing center reservation).

For the June 27, 2008, GO written examination, a candidate notified in February 2008, of admissibility to the examination is required to submit the $835.00 EXAMINATION FEE by March 21, 2008 and will be given authorization to contact the Pearson-VUE computer based testing service (in order to make a testing center reservation).

The candidate ruled admissible to the examination will be sent a fellowship training affidavit which must be completed and returned to the Board office.

After submission of the application, verification that the candidate is completing fellowship in a satisfactory manner (including passing the approved required graduate courses), must be reaffirmed with the signature of the fellowship program director on the fellowship training affidavit and must be dated within the month the candidate is scheduled to write the examination.

Results of the examination will not be released until the completed affidavit is received by the Board.

Those candidates that have completed their fellowship training prior to making application, or who have taken their respective written subspecialty examination in a prior year, do NOT need to complete/return the affidavit.

If a candidate is found to be involved in litigation or investigation regarding ethical or moral issues*, the examination will not be scheduled and the candidate's credentials will be re-examined. Typically, the Board will defer such a decision for one year to gain further information.

Falsification of data (including case lists) or evidence of other egregious ethical, moral or professional misbehavior may result in deferral of consideration of a candidate's application for at least three years, and the candidate must meet all requirements in effect at the end of the deferred period*.

*see REVOCATION

Re-application

The candidate who postpones or fails the written examination must submit a new application in order to be considered for the next scheduled written examination.

This application must be accompanied by a NEW APPLICATION FEE.

PLEASE SEE THE SUMMARY OF DEADLINES AND FEES

Fees

PLEASE NOTE THAT THERE ARE TWO FEES (AN APPLICATION FEE AND A SEPARATE EXAMINATION FEE) ASSOCIATED WITH BOTH THE WRITTEN AND ORAL EXAMINATIONS.

Fees have been computed to cover the costs of examination and administrative expenses.

Application and late fees will not, therefore, be refunded or credited.

All fees must be paid in United States currency.

The candidate's canceled check is to be considered the receipt.

The application fee of $895.00 for the June 22, 2007, written examination in MFM and REI must be enclosed with each application or re-application (also see late fees).

The candidate will be notified in February of the approval of the application or re-application, at which time the $800.00 examination fee will be due.

If payment of the examination fee has not been received in the Board office on or before March 23, 2007, the candidate will not be scheduled to write the examination in June.

No application fees will be either credited against a future application or refunded.

Examination fees may be refunded provided candidates inform the Board office in writing of their inability to write the examination prior to March 23, 2007.

*see REVOCATION

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