Longitudinal Assessment References
Due to copyright restrictions, the AOBOG cannot provide most reference materials used for longitudinal assessment. However, a list of the references used for the 2026 longitudinal assessment can be found below. Hyperlinks are provided in teal text where applicable.
Primary OB/GYN (includes all three tracks – OB/GYN, OB only and GYN only)
Track 1: OB/GYN
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 5: Management of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia or atypical endometrial hyperplasia
- ACOG Practice Advisory – Influenza in Pregnancy: Prevention and Treatment
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 6: Compounded bioidentical menopausal hormone therapy
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 7: The use of cannabis products for the management of pain associated with gynecologic conditions
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 3: Headaches in pregnancy and postpartum
- Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 8th (2020) – Ch. 56
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 6: Viral hepatitis in pregnancy
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 7: Management of premenstrual disorders
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 8: First and second stage labor management
- ACOG Committee Opinion Number 800: The use of hysteroscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of intrauterine pathology
- ACOG Committee Opinion Number 809: Human papillomavirus vaccination
- Menopause (Jul 2022); Vol. 29, No. 7; The 2022 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society; pg. 767-794
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Dec 2016); Vol. 65, No. 49; Use of a 2-dose schedule for human papillomavirus vaccination – updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; pg. 1405-1408
Track 2: OB only (for physicians who practice only obstetrics)
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 7: The use of cannabis products for the management of pain associated with gynecologic conditions
- ACOG Practice Advisory – Influenza in Pregnancy: Prevention and Treatment
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 3: Headaches in pregnancy and postpartum
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 6: Viral hepatitis in pregnancy
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 8: First and second stage labor management
- Gabbe’s Obstetrics: Normal and Problem Pregnancies, 8th (2020) – Ch. 56
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 219: Operative vaginal birth
Track 3: GYN only (for physicians who practice only gynecology)
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 5: Management of endometrial intraepithelial neoplasia or atypical endometrial hyperplasia
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 6: Compounded bioidentical menopausal hormone therapy
- ACOG Clinical Consensus Number 7: The use of cannabis products for the management of pain associated with gynecologic conditions
- ACOG Clinical Practice Guideline Number 7: Management of premenstrual disorders
- ACOG Committee Opinion Number 800: The use of hysteroscopy for the diagnosis and treatment of intrauterine pathology
- ACOG Committee Opinion Number 809: Human papillomavirus vaccination
- Menopause (Jul 2022); Vol. 29, No. 7; The 2022 hormone therapy position statement of The North American Menopause Society; pg. 767-794
- Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (Dec 2016); Vol. 65, No. 49; Use of a 2-dose schedule for human papillomavirus vaccination – updated recommendations of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; pg. 1405-1408
Subspecialties
Gynecologic Oncology
- Antibiotics (Dec 2023); Vol. 12, Issue 12 – Effective antimicrobial prophylaxis in surgery: the relevance and role of pharmacokinetics-pharmacodynamics
- Berek and Hacker’s Gynecologic Oncology, 7th (2021)
- Chapter 9, pages 309-371
- Chapter 11, pages 421-465
- Chapter 15, pages 562-580
- Current Oncology (Aug 2021); Vol. 28, Issue 4: pages 2969-2986 – Extramammary Paget’s disease: diagnosis, pathogenesis, and treatment with focus on recent developments
- FDA.gov – FDA grants accelerated approval to mirvetuximab soravtansine-gynx for FRα positive, platinum-resistant epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, or peritoneal cancer
- Journal of Cancer (Sep 2021); Vol. 12, Issue 22: pages 6773-6786 – Endometriosis-associated ovarian clear cell carcinoma: a special entity?
- Journal of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network (Nov 2019); Vol. 17, Issue 11: pages 1374-1391 – Gestational trophoblastic neoplasia, version 2.2019, NCCN clinical practice guidelines in oncology
- Journal of Lower Genital Tract Disease (Apr 2020); Vol. 24, Issue 2: pages 102-131 – 2019 ASCCP risk-based management consensus guidelines for abnormal cervical cancer screening tests and cancer precursors
- Journal of Ovarian Research (Aug 2022); Vol. 15, Issue 96 – Cardiac safety analysis of first-line chemotherapy drug pegylated liposomal doxorubicin in ovarian cancer
- The Lancet Oncology (Sep 2019); Vol. 20, Issue 9: pages 1273-1285 – Adjuvant chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in women with high-risk endometrial cancer (PORTEC-3): patterns of recurrence and post-hoc survival analysis of a randomized phase 3 trial
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines – Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
- National Comprehensive Cancer Network Guidelines – Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia
- PLoS One (Apr 2020); Vol. 15, Issue 4 – Concurrent and future risk of endometrial cancer in women with endometrial hyperplasia: a systematic review and meta-analysis
- Principles and Practice of Gynecologic Oncology, 7th (2017)
- Chapter 10, pages 191-192
- Chapter 23, pages 611-695
- Chapter 26, pages 744-765
Maternal Fetal Medicine
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 192: Management of alloimmunization during pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 197: Inherited thrombophilias in pregnancy
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 227: Fetal growth restriction
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 231: Multifetal gestations twin triplet and higher-order multifetal pregnancies
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Apr 2006); Vol. 194, Issue 4: pages 982-991 – Surgical management of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence
- Journal of Perinatal Medicine (Aug 2016); Vol. 44, Issue 6: pages 619-629 – Intervention versus a conservative approach in the management of TRAP sequence: a systematic review
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Sep 1999); Vol. 94, Issue 3: pages 409-414 – Prognostic markers in twin pregnancies with an acardiac fetus
- Prenatal Diagnosis (May 2016); Vol. 36, Issue 5: pages 437-443 – Forty cases of twin reversed arterial perfusion sequence treated with radio frequency ablation using the multistep coagulation method: a single-center experience
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 234: Prediction and prevention of spontaneous preterm birth
- American Journal of Medical Genetics. Part A (Feb 2018); Vol. 176, Issue 2: pages 368-375 – Prader-Willi syndrome and early-onset morbid obesity NIH rare disease consortium: a review of natural history study
- American Journal of Medical Genetics (Nov 1998); Vol. 80, Issue 3: pages 213-217 – Population-based study of congenital heart defects in Down syndrome
- Human Mutation (May 2010); Vol. 31, Issue 5: pages 591-601 – Jagged1 (JAG1) mutations in patients with tetralogy of Fallot or pulmonic stenosis
- American Journal of Medical Genetics (May 1999); Vol. 84, Issue 1: pages 56-60 – Jagged1 mutations in patients ascertained with isolated congenital heart defects
- European Journal of Pediatrics (Nov 1995); Vol. 154, Issue 11: pages 878-881 – Frequency of a 22q11 deletion in patients with conotruncal cardiac malformations: a prospective study
- The Journal of Pediatrics (Jul 1996); Vol. 129, Issue 1: pages 26-32 – Importance of microdeletions of chromosomal region 22q11 as a cause of selected malformations of the ventricular outflow tracts and aortic arch: a three-year prospective study
- Journal of the American College of Cardiology (Aug 1998); Vol. 32, Issue 2: pages 492-298 – Frequency of 22q11 deletions in patients with conotruncal defects
- Birth Defects Research. Part A, Clinical and Molecular Teratology; (Jan 2009); Vol. 85, Issue 1: pages 30-35 – Chromosomal abnormalities among children born with conotruncal cardiac defects
- American Journal of Medical Genetics (Feb 2002); Vol. 107, Issue 4: pages 294-298 – Association of tetralogy of Fallot with a distinct region of del22q11.2
- Journal of Perinatology (Aug 2016); Vol. 36, Issue 8: pages 575-580 – Fetal cardiology: changing the definition of critical heart disease in the newborn
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Mar 2023); Vol. 228, Issue 3: pages B41-B60 – Society for maternal-fetal medicine consult series #64: systemic lupus erythematosus in pregnancy
- Annual Review of Nutrition (Aug 2023); Vol. 43: pages 301-325 – The placenta: a maternofetal interface
- Circulation (Apr 2010); Vol. 121, Issue 13: pages e266-369 – ACCF/AHA/AATS/ACR/ASA/SCA/SCAI/SIR/STS/SVM guidelines for the diagnosis and management of patients with Thoracic Aortic Disease: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines, American Association for Thoracic Surgery, American College of Radiology, American Stroke Association, Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists, Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions, Society of Interventional Radiology, Society of Thoracic Surgeons, and Society for Vascular Medicine
- HIV.gov – Recommendations for the use of antiretroviral drugs during pregnancy and interventions to reduce perinatal HIV transmission in the United States
- Creasy and Resnik’s Maternal-Fetal Medicine, 8th ed (2018), pages 53 and 59
- Diagnostic Imaging Obstetrics, 4th ed (2021), page 927
Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
- ACOG Committee Opinion 651: Menstruation in girls and adolescents: using the menstrual cycle as a vital sign
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 193: Tubal ectopic pregnancy
- The BMJ (Feb 2023); Vol. 380; Antiphospholipid syndrome: advances in diagnosis, pathogenesis, and management
- Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology (Jan 2023); Vol. 65, Issue 1: pages 38-49 – Assisted reproductive technology: short- and long-term outcomes
- Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome (Nov 2023); Vol. 17, Issue 11; Thyroid dysfunction and female infertility. A comprehensive review
- Fertility and Sterility (Jul 2024); Vol. 122, Number 1; Current evaluation of amenorrhea: a committee opinion
- Fertility and Sterility (Jul 2022); Vol. 118, Issue 1: pages 5-7 – Fertility workups: the times they are a-changin’
- Fertility and Sterility (Nov 2012); Vol. 98, Issue 5: pages 1103-1111 – Evaluation and treatment of recurrent pregnancy loss: a committee opinion
- JAMA (Oct 2023); Vol. 330, Issue 15: pages 1472-1483 – Hyperthyroidism: a review
- JAMA (Jul 2021); Vol. 326, Issue 1: pages 65-76; Diagnosis and management of infertility: a review
- The Journal of Urology (Dec 2024); Vol. 212, Issue 6: pages 789-799 – Updates to male infertility: AUA/ASRM guideline
- Speroff’s Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 9th ed (2019) – Chapter 10: Amenorrhea
- StatPearls – Assisted reproductive technology (ART) techniques
Urogynecology & Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (formerly FPMRS)
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 214: Pelvic Organ Prolapse
- ACOG Practice Bulletin 232: Prevention of Venous Thromboembolism in Gynecologic Surgery
- American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology (Sep 2022); Vol. 227, Issue 3: pages 471.e1-471.e7 – Cost-effectiveness of prophylactic retropubic sling at the time of vaginal prolapse surgery
- International Urogynecology Journal (Feb 2023); Vol. 34, Issue 2: pages 327-343 – Hiatal failure: effects of pregnancy, delivery, and pelvic floor disorders on level III factors
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Jun 2021); Vol. 137, Issue 6: pages 1061-1073 – Surgical management of symptomatic pelvic organ prolapse
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Oct 2021); Vol. 225, Issue 4: pages 405.e1 – 405.e7 – Racial and ethnic differences in reconstructive surgery for apical vaginal prolapse
- Obstetrics & Gynecology (Jan 2023); Vol. 141, Issue 1: pages 189-198 – Long-term data on graft-related complications after sacrocolpopexy with lightweight compared with heavier-weight mesh
- Urogynecology (Jun 2021); Vol. 27, Issue 6: pages 356-359 – Does a hysterectomy hurt? Comparing narcotic requirements and pain scores in patients undergoing apical prolapse repair with or without hysterectomy