Arab Board Ob/Gyn Final Written study materials
Arab Board Ob/Gyn Final Written study resources

Arab Board Ob/Gyn Final Written study plan

Arab Board Ob/Gyn Final Written · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

General Obstetrics and Intrapartum Care

  • Draw from memory a single annotated labor timeline that fixes the definitions of latent and active phase, protraction and arrest disorders, and the criteria for a failed operative vaginal delivery

  • Rank the causes of postpartum hemorrhage by frequency and attach to each a first-, second-, and third-line action, including exact uterotonic dosing and the window for tranexamic acid

  • Solve 50 timed original questions on labor dystocia, shoulder dystocia, and perineal laceration classification, tagging every error as knowledge gap, misread stem, or premature closure

  • Justify cesarean technique choices - skin and uterine incision, adhesion barriers, closure layers, and thromboprophylaxis - against current evidence summaries you write yourself

  • Assemble a one-page escalation checklist for puerperal sepsis and immediate postpartum care that you could hand to an intern

Your checkpoint

A closed-book, 40-question timed set on Domain 1 scored at 75% or better, with every miss rewritten as a one-line decision rule in a personal error log

Week 2

General Obstetrics and Intrapartum Care & Maternal-Fetal Medicine and High-Risk Obstetrics

  • Separate the hypertensive disorders of pregnancy by onset, laboratory criteria, and severity features, then map each category to antihypertensive agents, magnesium sulfate regimens, and delivery timing

  • Sequence screening and treatment pathways for pregestational and gestational diabetes, stating glucose targets, fetal surveillance intervals, and delivery thresholds

  • Compare preterm birth prevention tools - cervical length screening, vaginal progesterone, cerclage indications, and tocolysis - and state precisely when each is and is not indicated

  • Apply growth restriction staging and umbilical artery Doppler waveforms to four clinical vignettes you write and then answer yourself

  • Re-audit 20 prior Domain 1 misses and convert each into a fresh question stem with a justified correct answer

Your checkpoint

A two-page comparison table of the major Domain 2 conditions (diagnostic criteria, surveillance, delivery timing) plus 80% or better on a 30-question mixed Domain 1–2 quiz

Week 3

Gynecologic Oncology

  • Trace an abnormal cervical screening result through colposcopy, excision, and follow-up, stating the threshold for each step

  • Work up postmenopausal bleeding from ultrasound endometrial thickness through sampling to endometrial cancer staging and adjuvant therapy indications

  • Triage an adnexal mass using risk of malignancy indices and IOTA-style descriptors, then defend a surgical plan for early and advanced ovarian cancer

  • Outline gestational trophoblastic disease diagnosis, staging, and chemotherapy selection by risk score

  • Summarize fertility-sparing options and the principles of chemotherapy and radiotherapy toxicity relevant to a gynecologic oncology consultation

Your checkpoint

Ten self-written oncology vignettes each answered with stage, prognostic factors, and management plan, plus 80% or better on a 35-question Domain 3 set

Week 4

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility & Urogynecology and Pelvic Reconstructive Surgery

  • Diagnose and classify PCOS, amenorrhea, and premature ovarian insufficiency using stated criteria, then rank ovulation induction options by patient profile

  • Map a couple's infertility evaluation from history and semen analysis through tubal assessment to IVF indications and complication counselling

  • Assign POP-Q stages from ten written anatomical descriptions you draft, and match each stage to pessary versus surgical options

  • Differentiate stress, urgency, and mixed incontinence by history and urodynamics, and state the evidence position on synthetic mesh

  • Counsel on menopausal hormone therapy and on recurrent urinary tract infection and overactive bladder using guideline-based risk-benefit language

Your checkpoint

A combined 40-question block across Domains 4 and 5 scored at 75% or better, supported by a one-page POP-Q and incontinence algorithm

Week 5

General Gynecology and Minimally Invasive Surgery & Family Planning and Contraception

  • Classify abnormal uterine bleeding by PALM-COEIN and match each category to first-line medical or surgical therapy

  • Compare hysterectomy routes, laparoscopic entry techniques, and energy sources, listing the complication each most risks

  • Build a contraception decision matrix that assigns WHO MEC categories 3 and 4 to at least ten common medical conditions

  • Position long-acting reversible contraception, emergency contraception, and permanent sterilization by effectiveness, failure mode, and counselling points

  • Outline safe abortion and post-abortion care including gestational limits, methods, and complication recognition

Your checkpoint

A completed contraception-by-medical-condition matrix plus 80% or better on a 35-question combined Domain 6–7 set

Week 6

Ultrasound, Prenatal Diagnosis, and Genetics & Critical Care, Emergency Obstetrics, and Anesthesia

  • Interpret first-trimester ultrasound, dating and biometry, placental localisation, and Doppler findings across twelve written scenarios you compose

  • Compare aneuploidy screening performance with diagnostic testing options - karyotype, microarray, and exome - and state the counselling implication of each result type

  • Tabulate teratogen and radiation exposure risks by gestational window for the agents most often asked about

  • Manage maternal sepsis, disseminated intravascular coagulation, and massive transfusion in a stepwise written protocol with numeric triggers

  • Distinguish regional from general anesthesia risk in obstetrics and rehearse a maternal cardiac arrest sequence including perimortem cesarean timing

Your checkpoint

Twelve interpreted ultrasound and Doppler scenarios plus 80% or better on a 30-question critical care and anesthesia set

Week 7

Ethics, Professionalism, Research, and Evidence-Based Practice

  • Appraise study designs and bias for the designs examiners favour - cohort, case-control, randomized trial, and diagnostic accuracy - and compute sensitivity, specificity, predictive values, NNT, and likelihood ratios from raw tables

  • Resolve four written ethical conflicts covering consent in labour, confidentiality in adolescents, conscientious objection, and resource allocation in a low-resource unit

  • Apply guideline appraisal and evidence-grading concepts to decide when a recommendation is strong versus conditional

  • Re-drill the 30 highest-yield missed items from weeks 1 to 6 and rewrite each as a question with a justified answer

Your checkpoint

A 300-word structured critique of two published abstracts, a one-page formula sheet you can reproduce closed-book, and cumulative error-log accuracy raised to 85%

Week 8

General Obstetrics and Intrapartum Care & Maternal-Fetal Medicine and High-Risk Obstetrics

  • Complete a full-length timed mock built to the official domain blueprint and review every item, including correct guesses

  • Consolidate the highest-yield numeric facts - drug doses, diagnostic thresholds, screening cut-offs, and gestational timing - onto one page and reproduce it from memory

  • Rehearse time allocation per item and a defined triage rule for long stems and unfamiliar vignettes

  • Patch any domain scoring below 60% with a focused 60-minute review and a short self-test the same day

Your checkpoint

A full-length timed mock at 70% or better overall with no domain below 60%, plus a closed-book rewrite of the high-yield numbers sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Mixed Domain 1–2 exam-style set scored at 75% or better, and the error log holds at least 40 tagged items with a stated cause for each miss

Week 4: Domains 1 through 5 each covered at least once, with 70% or better on a cumulative 60-question set drawn from those domains

Week 6: Every domain has at least one set of personal notes and one completed question block, with cumulative accuracy across Domains 1–8 at 75% or better

Week 8: Full-length mock at 70% or better overall, no domain below 60%, and the high-yield numbers sheet reproduced closed-book without error