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Fellows survey
Have you completed a residency in Obstetrics & Yes
Gynecology (OB/GYN)? No
(If not, please do not complete the rest of this survey)
Please select your current subspecialty of Maternal Fetal Medicine
fellowship: Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Gynecology Oncology
Female Pelvic Medicine & Reconstructive Surgery Other
(If other, please do not complete the rest of this survey)
How many years is your subspecialty fellowship at 2 years
your institution? 3 years
4 years
Please select your current year of fellowship 1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year Please select the gender with which you identify Male
Female Other
Rather not say Please select the race and ethnicity with which you Black-Non-Hispanic
identify White-Non-Hispanic
Hispanic Asian
Rather not say Other
Please specify other race __________________________________
Please select the geographical location of your Northeast (CT, NY, NJ, PA, NH, VT, ME, MA, RI)
current fellowship: Midwest (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA, MO, IL, WI, MI,
IN, OH)
South (DE, MD, DC, VA, WV, NC, SC, GA, FL, KY, TN, AL, TX, MS, LA, AR, OK)
West (MT, ID, WY, NV, UT, CO, AZ, NM, WA, OR, CA, AK, HI)
Choose the ONE STATEMENT that best describes your We are required to take generalist oral boards program's treatment of oral generalist boards: during fellowship
We are encouraged to take generalist oral boards during fellowship
We may take oral boards during fellowship, but we are not encouraged one way or another
We may take oral boards during fellowship, but we are discouraged from doing so
We are not permitted to take oral generalist boards during fellowship
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In which year of fellowship is it usually suggested 1st
that you take oral boards? 2nd
3rd 4th
No specific year
Fellows take Labor & Delivery overnight/weekend call
Fellows cover Labor & Delivery day shifts Fellows cover general GYN (day shifts or overnight/weekend call)
Fellows can moonlight in OB Fellows can moonlight in GYN Fellows are not allowed to moonlight Yes
No
Don't know
Not permitted to take oral boards Yes
No
Don't know
Not permitted to take oral boards Vacation time
Research time
Continuing medical education (CME) days None (time is granted without any penalty of vacation, research, or CME time)
Do not know
Not permitted to take oral boards Yes
No
Don't know
Not permitted to take oral boards
Would decrease my overall satisfaction with fellowship
Would increase my overall satisfaction with fellowship
Would have no effect on my overall satisfaction with fellowship
Not sure
Decreases my overall satisfaction with fellowship Please SELECT ALL STATEMENTS THAT APPLY to the
subspecialty fellows in your fellowship program:
Can fellows use continuing medical education (CME)/flex/department education money to pay for generalist oral boards or educational courses to prepare for generalist oral boards?
Can fellows in your program use protected or research time to study for boards?
In order to travel to take generalist oral boards, fellows have to use:
Do faculty at your institution conduct mock interviews with oral board candidates?
If I were not permitted to take generalist oral boards during fellowship, it
Because I am not permitted to take generalist oral
boards during fellowship, it Increases my overall satisfaction with fellowship Has no effect on my overall satisfaction with fellowship
Not sure
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SELECT HOW MUCH YOU AGREE with the following statements:
Agree Neither agree nor disagree
Disagree Strongly disagree
Yes No
Not eligible
Prior to fellowship During fellowship
1st year 2nd year 3rd year 4th year Strongly agree
If my co-fellows take oral boards during fellowship, it significantly increases my workload.
If I do not take oral boards during fellowship, it will have a negative impact on my future practice.
Having the opportunity to take oral boards immediately at the end of residency prior to
commencing fellowship would be less disruptive to my fellowship training
I would prefer or do prefer a fellowship program that permits me to take oral boards during fellowship.
Preparing for my generalist oral exams has had or would have a negative impact on my
fellowship training.
Waiting until the completion of fellowship to take my generalist oral boards will place an
increased burden to re-learn skills that are no longer relevant to my current practice.
Have you taken the generalist OB/GYN generalist Certifying (Oral) boards through ABOG at least once?
When did you first take your generalist oral boards?
During which year of fellowship did you take oral generalist boards?
Did you pass your oral generalist boards? Yes
No
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In which attempt did you pass your boards? First attempt Second attempt
Third attempt or greater Once
Twice
Three or more times Yes
No 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
No specific year
Do not have time to study due to personal life situation
Not permitted Financial reasons
Worried that asking to take oral boards will
negatively affect my standing in the program or my attendings' opinion of me
Worried that attempting to take oral boards would negatively affect my fellowship learning
Worried that attempting to take oral boards would negatively affect my co-fellows or non-attending coworkers.
I will not be eligible during fellowship Other
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Yes No
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How many times have you attempted oral boards?
Do you plan to take your generalist OB/GYN oral boards during fellowship?
Which year do you plan to take generalist oral boards?
Why not? (select all that apply)
Please specify other reason for not taking oral generalist boards during fellowship.
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