Urogynaecology

Surgical skills

At least 4 of the 16 compulsory assessments by the end of the year

Multi-source feedback

A survey the College runs in semester 2, with your own self-assessment

Research proposal

Your proposal and timeline, with the first six-monthly assessment, naming a research project supervisor

• If the committee asks, a final proposal with ethics approval at the end of your first 46 weeks

Research project

Original research you help design and write as principal author

• A Cochrane review approved in advance, with you as first author, also counts
• Case reports and review articles do not

Higher research degree

One in the field, or a suitable vocational course, can exempt you

• Apply for the exemption with your first semester's training plan
• You still take part in research in your unit

CU Written Examination

The one CU examination, ten short-answer questions for 150 marks in 3 hours 15 minutes, on computer at centres across Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand, each August

• Open once 46 weeks of training are credited by its application closing date
• You have 3 attempts

Surgical skills

At least 4 more of the compulsory assessments by the end of the year

Non-surgical skills

Every compulsory assessment by the end of the year

Research progress

A report with each six-monthly assessment, signed by the training and research supervisors

Training outside an accredited unit

Approved in advance, up to 12 months in another urogynaecology unit, here or overseas, 6 months in a non-urogynaecology unit, 3 months in a non-surgical setting, and 6 weeks of observership

• Training in a non-urogynaecology unit is approved only if every skills assessment can still be done by the end of Year 3

When to ask

Send the request by April of the year before for a semester 1 start, and by August for semester 2

Major incontinence procedures

Two of the three performed independently by the end, and the third with off-site supervision

Special Interest Modules or other elective modules

If you choose

Surgical skills

Every remaining compulsory assessment by the end of the year

Examination deadlines

Sit it first within 2 years of finishing your 3 clinical years, and pass it within 4 years of finishing them

Progress reports

One every 6 months, with a nominated mentor or supervisor

Certification

Applied for once at least 138 weeks are credited and every assessment is complete, approved by the subspecialty committee and ratified by the Board

• The CU subspecialist title is not used before then

Research project

Submitted within 1 year of finishing your 3 clinical years, and assessed as satisfactory by two independent assessors from another region within 3 years of finishing them

• Otherwise removal from the program is recommended
• Revisions can delay certification

A published project

One published or accepted in a journal with an impact factor of 1.7 or more, or in the Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology or the International Urogynecology Journal, is still submitted but needs no further assessment