ABOG Complex Family Planning study plan

Map the complete medication abortion regimen by gestational age band (≤10 weeks, 10–16 weeks, >16 weeks), listing mifepristone, misoprostol, and adjunct dosing with routes and intervals

Sequence the steps of manual vacuum aspiration and electric vacuum aspiration, including pain management, cervical preparation, and tissue inspection

Calculate and compare cervical ripening options (osmotic dilators, misoprostol, mifepristone) for a given parity and gestational age

Outline recognition and first-line management of hemorrhage, suspected infection, retained products, and cervical laceration in the abortion setting

Explain confirmation-of-completion protocols and post-abortion contraception initiation timing

Differentiate the clinical and ultrasound criteria for complete, incomplete, inevitable, and missed early pregnancy loss

Compare expectant, medical, and surgical management of early pregnancy loss on success rates, time to resolution, bleeding, and patient preference

Justify Rh immunoglobulin use, tissue evaluation, and follow-up scheduling after pregnancy loss

Distinguish legal, ethical, and clinical considerations that shift abortion management in later gestations, including fetal tissue handling and reporting requirements

Write counseling scripts that address pain expectations, bleeding patterns, and when to seek urgent care

Construct a diagnostic pathway for pregnancy of unknown location that incorporates serial hCG trends and transvaginal ultrasound findings

Compare methotrexate and surgical management of ectopic pregnancy by eligibility criteria, dosing, and monitoring schedule

Identify sonographic and clinical features of molar pregnancy and state the post-evacuation surveillance plan

Recognize septic abortion and hemorrhage as emergencies, listing resuscitation steps and disposition decisions

Rank causes of first-trimester bleeding by likelihood and test each with a discriminating question

Integrate early pregnancy loss and complication content into a single retrieval practice set without notes

Apply management modifications for pregnancy loss in patients with prior cesarean, coagulopathy, or uterine anomaly

Audit personal error patterns from weeks 1–3 and rewrite weak concepts into 20 new self-test items

Rehearse timed decision-making under exam pacing constraints

Build a comorbidity grid pairing contraception and abortion options with medical conditions such as VTE, hypertension, migraine with aura, breast cancer, transplant, obesity, epilepsy, and lupus

Apply US MEC category logic to assign safety ratings for combined hormonal, progestin-only, barrier, and long-acting methods in each condition

Justify method selection for patients on enzyme-inducing anticonvulsants, anticoagulants, or immunosuppressants

Adapt abortion and pregnancy-loss management for cardiac disease, prior cesarean, fibroids, and obesity

Formulate a shared decision-making conversation when the safest method conflicts with patient preference

Compare effectiveness, failure, and continuation rates across all reversible and permanent methods using typical-use and perfect-use data

Differentiate initiation timing rules for immediate postpartum, post-abortion, and quick-start scenarios

Explain mechanism, non-contraceptive benefits, and management of side effects for each method class

Calculate estimated pregnancy risk from missed pills and state required backup or emergency contraception steps

Sequence emergency contraception options by efficacy, timing window, and body-weight considerations

Trace the policy landscape governing contraceptive coverage, confidentiality for minors, sterilization consent, and Title X requirements

Apply informed consent, conscientious objection, and referral obligation frameworks to ethically contested scenarios

Critique study designs common in family planning research, including contraceptive efficacy trials, non-inferiority designs, and retrospective cohort bias

Interpret effectiveness statistics presented as Pearl index, life-table probabilities, and number needed to treat

Draft an answer structure for ethics vignettes that names stakeholders, competing obligations, and a defensible action

Synthesize all five domains into cumulative retrieval practice with a full-length timed simulation

Appraise landmark family planning study designs and identify threats to validity in each

Refine personal high-yield summary sheets to a single page per domain from memory

Identify residual weak areas and schedule targeted review before test day