URPS Case List

Preparation of Case Lists

1. Submit the case list and completed Case List Affidavit Form(s) electronically by the published deadline.
2. Use the electronic forms that can be found on your ABOG portal. The use of any other form or format is not allowed. A paper case list is not acceptable.
3. For the 2025 Certifying Exam, collect cases between January 1 and December 31, 2024. If enough cases cannot be collected in a one-year period of time, the collection of cases can be extended to 18 months or two years. However, it may not include cases collected during fellowship.
4. Not include any case previously used on a prior case list for a Specialty or Subspecialty Certifying Examination.
5. Have the case list certified by the appropriate personnel of the institution(s) in which the care was given.
6. De-identify the case list in accordance with the requirements of Section 164.514(a)(b) and (b)(2)(i)&(ii) of the Final Privacy Rule. For guidance, go to: Case List De-Identification.
7. Use standard English language nomenclature. Common abbreviations are acceptable. For guidance, go to: Acceptable Abbreviations.
8. Patients may only be listed once within the case list. If the patient is admitted more than once, you should provide information regarding the additional admissions in the appropriate boxes.

If you are in a group practice where responsibility for patients is shared, the decision of whether to list a particular patient should be based on which physician had primary responsibility for the inpatient care. However, when asked to perform a consult on an inpatient on another physician's service, that patient may be listed.

The case lists must include sufficient numbers, as well as sufficient breadth and depth of clinical difficulty to demonstrate that you are practicing the full spectrum of URPS.

All submitted case lists are subject to audit by the ABOG to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Candidates who are unable to meet the case list requirements as outlined in the bulletin due to the COVID-19 pandemic should contact the ABOG Exam Department at exams@abog.org.

Content for Case Lists

Three types of cases must be submitted: (1) prolapse and reconstructive surgical cases, (2) urinary and fecal incontinence surgical cases, and (3) office practice cases. No patient may be listed more than once, and no patient may be included on more than one case list. Specifically, patients who are evaluated in the office and subsequently have surgery should only be listed on the surgical case list. Patients that are admitted multiple times or have multiple surgeries may only be listed once, but all complications and surgeries should be listed.