Personal cases in every section
Examiners use the candidate’s submitted electronic case list in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Office Practice—not only a separate case-report room.
Current ABOG Certifying Examination preparation
Own your cases. Stabilize the crisis. Defend the decision.
Prepare for the OBGYN Oral Boards with fully de-identified Personal Case Uploads, original structured cases, maternal-fetal emergencies, operative defense, longitudinal office care, and immediate educational feedback.
3 hr
Oral examination
3
Equal sections
6
Examiners
Personal practice uses fully de-identified educational summaries only. Never upload the official case list, protected health information, records, identifiable images, or labeled fetal-monitor, ultrasound, or pathology material.
ABOG certifying exam rehearsal
Three-hour performance map
One candidateThree domains
Obstetrics
Maternal · fetal · delivery
Gynecology
Diagnosis · operation · rescue
Office Practice
Counsel · follow · own
Personal cases
De-identified rehearsal
Structured cases
Voice-first follow-up
Feedback
Observable behaviors
Structured cases preserve breadth
Approximately half of each one-hour section uses structured or simulated cases so performance is tested beyond the candidate’s own practice pattern.
Two examiners per section
Three examiner teams rotate while the candidate remains in an assigned room for approximately three hours.
Current portal controls
The active Bulletin, candidate portal, and direct ABOG communications supersede older timelines, summaries, or course materials.
Current examination architecture
Three one-hour sections. Two examiners each. Two kinds of evidence in every room.
Public ABOG materials describe roughly half of each section from the electronic case list and half from structured or simulated cases. Preparation must connect personal ownership with transferable judgment.
01
Obstetrics
Maternal-fetal judgment
Personal case list
Antenatal, intrapartum, delivery, operative, and postpartum cases from your submitted practice.
Structured cases
Original cases testing surveillance, labor, fetal status, delivery timing, hemorrhage, hypertension, infection, and rescue.
Stabilize · assess · deliver · reassess
02
Gynecology
Operation and complication ownership
Personal case list
Office-to-OR cases, procedures, pathology, complications, outcomes, and what you would change.
Structured cases
Diagnosis, emergencies, malignancy risk, operation selection, anatomy, surgical injury, postoperative decline, and recovery.
Indicate · operate · verify · rescue
03
Office Practice
Longitudinal clinical ownership
Personal case list
Preventive, ambulatory, procedural, counseling, result-management, and follow-up cases from your practice.
Structured cases
Screening, abnormal bleeding, pelvic pain, early pregnancy, contraception, menopause, ethics, communication, and safety-netting.
Assess · counsel · follow · own
3 hours
Candidate remains in the assigned room
6 examiners
Two different examiners per section
≈33% each
Obstetrics · Gynecology · Office Practice
Personal Case Uploads
Turn your personal practice into oral rehearsal—without turning protected records into study files.
The ABOG specialty Certifying Examination uses the candidate’s electronic case list in every section. SurgiTest makes fully de-identified personal cases rehearseable with voice-first follow-up, structured complications, and educational feedback. It does not replace the official list, portal, audit, records, or Board submission.
Upload only a newly written, fully de-identified educational summary. Never upload the official case list, notes, operative reports, fetal-monitor strips, ultrasound or pathology images, patient photographs, exact dates, identifiers, institutional labels, or protected health information.
Practice-based workflow
From official list to de-identified defense
Reconcile
Build the official electronic list only through ABOG and resolve diagnosis, responsibility, procedure, complication, outcome, and follow-up through approved records.
De-identify
Write a new educational summary with no names, exact dates, record numbers, institutions, labels, images, fetal-monitor identifiers, ultrasound overlays, or metadata.
Defend
Speak through presentation, decision-driving data, counseling, timing, delivery or operation, complication, outcome, and professional ownership without notes.
Stress-test
Change fetal status, hemorrhage, pathology, anatomy, resources, patient goals, or postoperative physiology and repeat until the judgment transfers.
Built for the examination’s observable demands
Every feature should repair a decision the examiner can actually hear.
The product experience is mapped to personal-case ownership, structured-case breadth, operative safety, emergency prioritization, communication, and longitudinal follow-up.
Defend the care you actually delivered
Personal Case Uploads
Practice fully de-identified Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Office Practice cases from presentation through decision, treatment, complication, outcome, follow-up, and hindsight.
Think aloud under pressure
Voice-first examiner follow-up
State stability, diagnosis, decision-driving data, timing, delivery or operation, counseling, contingency, and reassessment while the case keeps changing.
Protect maternal and fetal safety
Progressive obstetric physiology
Practice fetal deterioration, hemorrhage, hypertension, infection, rupture, difficult delivery, and postpartum decline with parallel team activation and definitive treatment.
Describe technically safe surgery
Operative-defense prompts
Rehearse indication, route, positioning, entry, anatomy, decisive steps, urinary and bowel protection, hemostasis, verification, specimen handling, and bailout.
Own longitudinal office care
Follow-up and communication branches
Close pending results, screening, referral, procedure, counseling, safety-netting, ethics, equity, and result communication rather than ending with an order.
Repair observable performance
Structured educational feedback
Review prioritization, data gathering, judgment, technique, rescue, communication, ownership, pacing, and follow-up without pretending to calculate an official ABOG result.
The OBGYN answer architecture
One decision loop should survive an obstetric emergency, a difficult operation, and a longitudinal office case.
SurgiTest trains the transition from recognition to commitment, then keeps the case moving until counseling, complication rescue, and follow-up are explicit.
Stabilize
Name the physiologic and time-critical threat before the differential grows.
Prioritize maternal or patient stability, fetal assessment when relevant, hemorrhage, sepsis, hypertension, operative injury, or oncologic urgency. Activate the team while focused evaluation continues.
Diagnose
Ask only for information that changes timing, route, treatment, or counseling.
Use targeted history, examination, fetal data, laboratory results, imaging, pathology, prior operations, reproductive goals, and longitudinal context to narrow the decision—not to delay it.
Decide
Commit to delivery, operation, procedure, treatment, referral, or follow-up.
State the primary plan, when and where it occurs, who must be involved, why it fits this patient, and the explicit finding that would force a pivot or bailout.
Counsel and reassess
Close the loop with autonomy, ownership, expected response, and escalation.
Explain risks, benefits, alternatives, uncertainty, fertility or pregnancy implications, results, follow-up, and red flags. After intervention, state what you will reassess and what failure looks like.
Ownership continues after the intervention.
State the expected response, the follow-up interval, who owns pending results, the threshold for escalation, and what you learned when the personal case did not follow the ideal path.
Practice cases by domain
Balance the official three-section blueprint with the cases your own practice did not give you.
Personal cases prove ownership. Original structured cases prove transfer. Readiness requires routine care, emergencies, procedures, operations, complications, counseling, and follow-up across all three domains.
Domain 01
Preconception & antenatal care
Risk assessment, genetic and medical counseling, screening, surveillance, fetal growth, diabetes, hypertension, multifetal gestation, placental disease, and delivery planning.
Domain 02
Intrapartum care
Induction, labor progress, fetal heart-rate interpretation, operative delivery, cesarean decision-making, shoulder dystocia, cord prolapse, uterine rupture, and team activation.
Domain 03
Postpartum & obstetric rescue
Hemorrhage, retained placenta, trauma, hypertension/eclampsia, infection, thrombosis, cardiopulmonary deterioration, mental health, and longitudinal recovery.
Domain 04
Preoperative gynecology
Diagnosis, imaging, pathology, cancer risk, fertility goals, medical optimization, counseling, alternatives, route, prophylaxis, and multidisciplinary planning.
Domain 05
Gynecologic surgery
Open, vaginal, laparoscopic, robotic, and hysteroscopic technique; anatomy; ureter, bladder, bowel, vascular, nerve, and oncologic safeguards; verification and bailout.
Domain 06
Gynecologic emergencies & complications
Ectopic pregnancy, torsion, hemorrhage, sepsis, postoperative shock, urinary or bowel injury, VTE, cuff complications, obstruction, and urgent source control.
Domain 07
Preventive & office medicine
Screening, immunization, contraception, preconception, menopause, bone and cardiovascular health, mental health, health equity, and evidence-based longitudinal care.
Domain 08
Office gynecology & procedures
Abnormal bleeding, amenorrhea, pelvic pain, vulvovaginal disease, infertility, early pregnancy, office biopsy/procedures, result communication, referral, and safety-netting.
Domain 09
Personal case defense
Fully de-identified practice cases defended from presentation through decision, procedure or delivery, complication, outcome, follow-up, professional ownership, and hindsight.
A 12-week progression
Move from case recall to consistent three-hour performance.
The plan deliberately delays full simulations until the official list, de-identified case briefs, answer framework, operations, and emergency priorities are stable.
Open the complete study planControl the case list
Reconcile official facts, create fully de-identified study briefs, map all three sections, and establish one spoken answer framework.
Build domain depth
Pressure-test Obstetrics and Gynecology decisions, operations, anatomy, complications, and rescue while preserving Office Practice every week.
Integrate personal and structured cases
Run one-hour sections with case-list defense, unfamiliar scenarios, difficult counseling, and progressive physiologic change.
Simulate all three hours
Change examiner style, remove notes, repair repeated defects, verify current logistics, and taper without redesigning the framework.
The complete OBGYN resource center
Eleven guides built around the exact preparation decisions candidates need to make.
Readiness signals
Strong answers make safety, judgment, and ownership audible.
These are educational practice signals—not an official ABOG rubric or pass prediction.
Open with the patient, context, stability, and the decision that cannot safely wait.
Stabilize the maternal patient first while fetal assessment and delivery preparation proceed in parallel when relevant.
Ask for data only when it changes diagnosis, timing, route, operation, counseling, or disposition.
Commit to one primary plan, then state the exact trigger for escalation, conversion, delivery, referral, or alternative treatment.
Separate what actually occurred in a personal case from what you would change with hindsight.
Close every answer with reassessment, result ownership, follow-up, red flags, and professional communication.
Current official information
Use SurgiTest to prepare. Use ABOG to govern the examination.
Official eligibility, deadlines, electronic case-list requirements, audit instructions, examination assignment, conduct, accommodations, scoring, and results come only from ABOG. SurgiTest is an independent educational platform.
Review the current ABOG Certifying Examination pageFrequently asked questions
The boundaries should be as clear as the preparation plan.
What is the current ABOG Certifying Examination format?
Current public materials describe an in-person three-hour oral examination with one approximately one-hour section each in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Office Practice. Each section uses two examiners and combines case-list discussion with structured or simulated cases.
Does the examination use personal cases?
Yes. The electronic case list is a key component, and examiners select cases from the candidate’s submitted practice list. Structured cases also assess areas beyond the candidate’s personal practice.
Can SurgiTest submit my official ABOG case list?
No. SurgiTest is independent from ABOG. Personal Case Uploads are only for fully de-identified educational rehearsal and do not submit, replace, certify, or satisfy the official list or audit process.
How should I protect patient privacy?
Create a new educational summary and remove names, exact dates, record numbers, institutions, clinicians, labels, images, metadata, and rare details that could identify a patient. Never upload official records or PHI.
Does SurgiTest provide an official ABOG score or pass prediction?
No. SurgiTest provides educational feedback on observable practice behaviors and does not reproduce ABOG grading, calculate a cut-score conversion, or guarantee certification.
Practice the exact decisions you must defend
Your case list should become a performance advantage—not a source of uncertainty.
Upload a fully de-identified educational case, practice it aloud, let the examiner challenge the decision and complication, then repeat until the correction transfers across Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Office Practice.