ABOG also administers board certification in several subspecialties:
Continuing Certification (CC) is a voluntary continuing professional development process to ensure that ABOG board-certified physicians maintain a high level of knowledge, judgment, and skills in Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Women’s Health throughout their careers. CC is based on a 6-year cycle during which you'll complete a number of requirements on an annual basis. After completion of one 6-year cycle, the process restarts the next year. There are four parts to the CC process.
ABOG Continuing Certification requirements consist of reading a set number of articles and answering questions regarding the content. The details of the requirements can be found here.
OB/Gyn Specialists are required to:
Read 14 articles (and answer questions) from any article category in any combination in: obstetrics, gynecology, office practice, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, the five subspecialties, or any of the other available article categories (for example, CDC, emerging topics, or statistics).
Read 1 article (and answer questions) in Health Equity and Patient Safety.
Subspecialists are required to:
Read 10 articles (and answer questions) in the diplomate's specific subspecialty article category.
Read 1 article (and answer questions) in Health Equity and Patient Safety.
Read 4 articles (and answer questions) for any article category in any combination in: obstetrics, gynecology, office practice, pediatric and adolescent gynecology, the other four subspecialties, or any of the other available categories (for example, CDC, emerging topics, or statistics).
Henry Ford has access to the following journals which provide articles to the ABOG CC reading lists, which are published in January, May, and August each year.