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St. Patrick's Day Interesting facts
- St. Patrick was actually associated with the color blue not green. Instead, the Irish independence movement during the 18th century is attributed to the color.
- St. Patrick was British, not Irish and of Roman descent
- New York and Chicago celebrate big! New York City has one of the biggest walking parades, over 250,000 participants and since 1962, Chicago celebrates by dumping green dye into the Chicago River.
- The traditional meal of corned beef and cabbage has nothing to do with corn. Instead in the process of curing beef, large grains of salt is used also known as "corns."
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Test Taking Technique: By Dr. Krishna Das, ABC course director
ABOG set a precedent in 2010 exam by not relinquishing the board exam scores, so candidates received only a pass or fail grade. Thus, the only parameter to gauge or predict Board exam performance is the CREOG in-service-training exam. This month, you received your CREOG results. Don’t cry over spilled milk; rather let’s add some yummy cookies. This report has two pieces of helpful information. One is your raw score. In the past, there was little incentive to correlate board and CREOG performance, so there are only a few studies. However, we believe a score of 200 or more predicts passing your boards. If you didn’t’ score this minimum of 200, you must get crackin’.
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Upcoming Deadlines, Events, Dates:
March: 1st - AOBOG October 2017 oral exam application now available online. Fee $3,275 1st-2nd - CREOG APGO Annual Meeting - come visit us! 4th - 3rd series FPMRS Oral Exam Webinar begins 8th - 3rd series Oral Exam Webinar begins 12th-17th - OCC exam at local Pearson Vue Centers 15th - ABOG oral application and fee of $840 due
April: 8th-10th - ABC at ACOOG Conference - come visit us! 8th-10th - Book your Dallas mock oral with Dr. Martin, MFM Course Director 9th-12th - Subspecialists oral board exam - Dallas, TX 10th - ABC's Case List Workshop - Charlotte, NC 11th-15th - ABC's 5 day review course - Charlotte, NC 23rd-28th - AOBOG Written Exam at Pearson Vue Centers 27th-28th - AOBOG Oral Exam - Chicago, IL
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Nicole Kummer, MD FACOG
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Nicole Kummer, MD, FACOG ABC's REI lecturer at April's Review Course
Dr. Kummer received her BS in Genetics & Cell Development and graduated summa cum laude from the University of Minnesota. She completed her OB/GYN residency at Yale and her REI fellowship at the University of Connecticut. Dr. Kummer is double board certified in OB/GYN and REI. She was an Assistant Professor at Yale and is now in private practice. Dr. Kummer is the author our REI Written Question Manual.
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OCC Exam Preparation Exam week: March 12-17, 2018
The examination is now offered at Pearson Vue Centers around the country. This is not an exam to walk into unprepared. The breakdown of the OCC exam is as follows:
General Obstetrics 25% Maternal Fetal Medicine 10% Gynecology (office and surgery) 40% Reproductive Endocrinology 10% Gynecologic Oncology 10% Miscellaneous 5%
Our Written Question Manuals - cover a broad range of questions applicable to your exam
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AOBOG Guidance Written & Oral exam
Preparing for your AOBOG exam this April? A couple of top sellers to ensure you are ready for the big day:
WRITTEN
ORAL
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