MFM Certification Update and Program Director Meeting Highlights

ABOG AND MFM CERTIFICATION UPDATE MFM Program Director Meeting February 8, 2023

2 Speaker Disclosures Mary E. Norton, MD Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences Director of Perinatal Research, Women s Health Network Development, and CA State Prenatal Diagnostic Center Vice Chair of Genetics Ex-officio representative, ABOG Board of Directors No other conflicts or dualities of interest to disclose

3 Educational Objectives MFM Division and ABOG staff update Recognition and thanks to MFM SMEs and examiners 2022 Qualifying and Certifying Exams performance 2023 Qualifying and Certifying Exams dates 2023 and 2024 Certification standards for research and thesis management

4 MFM Division Members Mary Norton, MD (Chair) Joseph Biggio, MD, MS Brenna Hughes, MD, MSc Judette Louis, MD, MPH Lynn Simpson, MD Alan Tita, MD, PhD (through 6/30/23) Shani Delaney, MD (starting 7/1/23

5 ADMINISTRATION Andrea Rankin, MSMH Director of Certification Standards arankin@abog.org or fellowship@abog.org 214.721.7526 (direct)

6 Thank you 2022 MFM Examiners Alfred Abuhamad Tania Esakoff Judette Louis Kavitha Ram Martina Badell M. Sean Esplin Deirdre Lyell Patrick Ramsey William Barth, Jr. Lisa Foglia George Macones Uma Reddy Jason Baxter Kimberly Fortner Torri Metz George Saade Vincent Berghella Manisha Gandhi Peter Napolitano Andrew Satin Peter Bernstein Laura Goetzl Peter Nielsen Jeanne Sheffield Joseph Biggio, Jr. Andrea Greiner Mary Norton Andrea Shields Sean Blackwell William Grobman David Ouyang Robert Silver Kim Boggess Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman Joseph Ouzounian Hyagriv Simhan Alison Cahill David Hackney Michelle Owens Lynn Simpson Aaron Caughey Christina Han Luis Pacheco John Smulian Eugene Chang R. Phillips Heine Michael Paglia Catherine Spong Judith Chung Brenna Hughes Samuel Parry Sindhu Srinivas Maged Constantine Arundhathi Jeyabalan Leonardo Pereira Stephen Thung Sabrina Craigo Anjali Kaimal Scott Petersen Alan Tita Shad Deering Thomas Kelly Christian Pettker Erika Werner Shani Delaney Jeffrey Kuller Julie Phillips Blair Wylie Yasser El-Sayed Lisa Levine T. Flint Porter

7 2023 MFM New Examiners Etoi Garrison Jesus Iruretagoyena Rolanda Lister Priya Rajan Patricia Santiago-Munoz Christina Scifres Methodius Tuuli

8 Results from the 2022 Subsp CEs Subspecialty Overall Pass Rate FTT Pass Rate 2021 2022 2021 2022 FPMRS 90% (n=93) 82% (n=61) 91% (n=86) 85% (n=53) GYN ONC 92% (n=119) 91% (n=65) 92% (n=111) 93% (n=57) MFM 89% (n=212) 86% (n=144) 94% (n=197) 92% (n=124) REI 89% (n=87) 91% (n=79) 91% (n=80) 96% (n=70) Removing grading the thesis showed no significant differences in between the 2021 to 2022 CEs: Pass rates across the four subs Reliability for the exams

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10 2022 Exam Candidates July 25, 2022 OB GYN QE: 1574 FPMRS QE: 61 (ABOG) + 12 (ABU) GO QE: 81 MFM QE: 152 REI QE: 60 CFP Senior Candidate Exam: 338

11 2022 MFM CERTIFICATION Qualifying Exam Pass Rates Overall First-Time Taker Repeat Taker Total Number of Candidates Number Pass 144 124 20 124 86.1% 114 91.9% 10 50% % Pass Certifying Exam Pass Rates Total Number of Candidates Number Pass Overall First-Time Taker Repeat Taker 152 135 17 135 88.8% 129 95.5% 6 35.3% % Pass

12 MFM Examinations Pass Rate Trends 1st Time Candidates Certifying Exam Qualifying Exam 2022 96% 2022 92% 2021 94% 2021 92% 2020 2020 94% 2019 95% 2019 95% 2018 91% 2018 97% 2017 90% 2017 91% 2016 79% 75% 85% 95% 75% 80% 85% 90% 95% 100%

13 Certification Exams October 17 - 20, 2022, OB GYN CEs November 7 - 10, 2022, OB GYN CEs November 14 - 17, 2022, OB GYN CEs December 5 - 8, 2022, OB GYN CEs April 17 - 20, 2023, Subspecialty CEs

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15 Types of Potentially Acceptable Research Projects Laboratory, Translational, and Animal research. Randomized Controlled Trial Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review Cost-Effective Analysis Case-Control Study Cohort Study Survey Research Epidemiology Research Mechanistic Trials Modeling and Simulation-based Research Quality Improvement Qualitative Research Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Research Implementation Science

16 COVID-19 Disruption and Theses 2023 and 2024 CEs Temporary accommodation Administrative review of theses. Approved or not approved; not scored. Thesis section replaced be 5 structured cases scored: 3 clinical from blueprint 2 study design or evidence-based medicine

17 Certifying Examination Format Pre-COVID19 Pandemic Post-COVID-19 Pandemic Hour 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 Hour 1 Hour 2 Hour 3 SC 1 SC 1 SC 1 SC 1 SC 1 SC2 SC 2 SC 2 SC 2 SC 2 Thesis SC 3 SC 3 SC 3 SC 3 SC 3 SC 4 SC 4 SC 4 SC 4 SC 4 SC 5 SC 5 SC 5 SC 5 SC 5 Case List Case List Case List Case List Case List Case List

18 2023 MFM Blueprint Domain Qualifying Certifying 30% 30% Medical Complications of Pregnancy Medical Disorders Critical Care Obstetric Complications Preterm Labor and Preterm Premature Rupture of Membranes (PPROM) Hypertensive Disorders Multiple Gestation Fetal Demise Procedures Relating to Obstetrical Complications Obstetric Anesthesia Management of Obstetrical Complications Fetal Complications and Prenatal Diagnosis Ultrasound Evaluation, Management, and Diagnosis of Fetal Complications Genetics and Genomics Core Competencies and Cross Content Ethics and Professionalism Patient Safety Interpersonal and Communication Skills Systems-based Practice Practice-based Learning and Improvement Evidence-based Medicine 30% 30% 25% 20% 10% 5% 10% 10%

19 THANK YOU Questions?