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CAQ-OBGYN study plan

CAQ-OBGYN · Give each week a clear focus.

8 weeks · About 7 hours per week

Week 1

Obstetrics

  • Map the Obstetrics blueprint into antepartum, intrapartum, postpartum, and obstetric emergency subtopics, then rank them by personal weakness

  • Build a one-page decision algorithm for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy covering diagnosis, severity criteria, and delivery timing

  • Work through 40 antepartum questions and write a two-line rationale for every miss

  • Create a personal error log template with columns for topic, error type, and corrective action

Your checkpoint

A ranked Obstetrics subtopic list plus a completed error log containing at least 40 entries

Week 2

Obstetrics

  • Drill intrapartum management: labor dystocia, fetal heart rate interpretation, and operative delivery indications

  • Practice 20 fetal tracing strips by writing a category and management plan for each

  • Summarize obstetric hemorrhage causes and stepwise uterotonic and surgical escalation from memory

  • Review 30 intrapartum questions and reclassify each miss by error type

Your checkpoint

A written 20-strip fetal tracing interpretation set with category and management for each

Week 3

Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • Complete postpartum and obstetric emergency review including sepsis, embolism, and shoulder dystocia maneuvers

  • Begin Gynecology by outlining well-woman care, contraception, and cervical cancer screening intervals

  • Compare contraceptive methods in a table by efficacy, contraindications, and noncontraceptive benefits

  • Answer 50 mixed Obstetrics and well-woman questions under timed conditions

Your checkpoint

A contraception comparison table covering at least 8 methods plus a timed 50-question score report

Week 4

Gynecology

  • Work through abnormal uterine bleeding by PALM-COEIN category and match each to first-line management

  • Review infectious gynecology: pelvic inflammatory disease, vaginitis, and sexually transmitted infection treatment regimens

  • Study benign gynecology including fibroids, endometriosis, and pelvic organ prolapse with surgical indications

  • Complete 50 Gynecology questions and log every miss with a corrective action

Your checkpoint

A PALM-COEIN management summary sheet and a timed 50-question Gynecology score with error log

Week 5

Gynecologic Oncology

  • Map gynecologic oncology into cervical, ovarian, uterine, vulvar, and gestational trophoblastic disease

  • Outline staging systems and primary treatment for each major gynecologic cancer from memory

  • Review chemotherapy and radiation principles plus common toxicity management

  • Answer 40 oncology questions and flag any staging fact you cannot verify for later review

Your checkpoint

A staging and treatment one-pager for each of the five oncology categories

Week 6

Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

  • Review oncologic emergencies and hereditary cancer syndromes including BRCA and Lynch syndrome referral criteria

  • Begin reproductive endocrinology by outlining the hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian axis and normal menstrual physiology

  • Work through anovulation, polycystic ovary syndrome, and hyperprolactinemia diagnostic pathways

  • Answer 40 mixed oncology and endocrinology questions timed

Your checkpoint

An axis physiology diagram with a PCOS and hyperprolactinemia diagnostic algorithm

Week 7

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

  • Study infertility evaluation including semen analysis, ovulation assessment, and tubal patency testing

  • Review assisted reproductive technology indications, protocols, and complications such as ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome

  • Cover menopause, hormone therapy indications, and osteoporosis prevention

  • Answer 50 reproductive endocrinology questions and reclassify misses by error type

Your checkpoint

An infertility evaluation algorithm plus a timed 50-question endocrinology score with error log

Week 8

Obstetrics & Gynecology & Gynecologic Oncology & Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

  • Complete two full-length mixed practice exams under timed conditions and score each by domain

  • Re-review the entire error log and rewrite every unresolved miss into a one-line rule

  • Rehearse high-yield fact sets for obstetric emergencies, cancer staging, and infertility workup

  • Finalize a test-day pacing and question-flagging strategy

Your checkpoint

Two timed full-length exam scores with a domain breakdown and a consolidated one-page high-yield rule sheet

Milestones

Week 2: Score at least 65% on a timed 40-question Obstetrics set and show that every miss has a logged corrective action

Week 4: Score at least 70% on a timed 50-question mixed Obstetrics and Gynecology set with the error log fully current

Week 6: Score at least 70% on a timed 40-question oncology and endocrinology set and confirm staging one-pagers are complete

Week 8: Score at least 75% on both full-length practice exams with no domain below 65% and no unresolved error-log entries