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IMPORTANT NOTE TO EDITORS As per the discussion in the Talk page, there has been no consensus as to using the American (gynecology) or British (gynaecology) spelling for this article, BUT:
You are therefore discouraged to move this article from its British spelling without first opening a move discussion in WP:RM . -- VodkaJazz (28 Aug 2006) --> ''', for example, the Residency training period is among the longest at six years, matched only by Neurosurgery . In the United States , however, OB/GYN specialists require four years of Secondary Education at an accredited College or University , followed by four years of Medical School and four years in Residency . Some OB/GYN surgeons elect to do further subspecialty training in programs known as 'fellowships' after completing their residency training, although the majority choose to enter private or academic practice as general OB/GYNs. Fellowship training in an Obstetric or Gynaecologic subspeciality can range from one to four years in duration, and these 'fellowship' programs usually have a research component involved with the clinical and operative training. Examples of subspecialty training available to physicians in the US are:
Of these, only the first four are truly recognized sub-specialties by the Accredited Council of Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) and the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG.) The other sub-specialities are recognized as informal concentrations of practice. To be recognized as a board-certified subspecialist, a practitioner must have completed an ACGME-accredited fellowship and obtained a Certificate of Added Qualifications (CAQ) which requires an additional standardized examination. http://www.abog.org In rural areas of the United States, particularly in areas west of the Mississippi River , it is not uncommon for General Practitioners to offer obstetrical services to their patients. However, these generalists are most often not trained in the surgical aspects of Obstetrics , nor have they been trained in Gynaecology , and as such, they should not be confused with residency trained and board-certified OB/GYNs. All gynaecologists, therefore, are trained obstetricians, although the reverse is not necessarily true. However, some OB/GYNs may choose to drop the obstetric component of their practice and focus solely on Gynaecology , especially as they get older. This decision is often based on the double burden of very late hours and, depending on the country, high rates of Litigation . In the last few years, combined with the ACGME's decision to limit resident work hours lead to a gradual resurgence in the number of medical students choosing OB/GYN as a specialty. In the Medical Residency match for 2007, only six spots in OB/GYN training programs remained vacant throughout the entire United States ; a record low number, and one that puts OB/GYN on-par in terms of competitiveness with other Surgical specialties. http://www.nrmp.org/res_match/data_tables.html FURTHER READING
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