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Certification | ABU
All US chief residents who have completed their training and residency requirements may apply for admission to the certification process. Canadian and international medical graduates may be eligible to apply if they have satisfied the training and residency requirements.
Applicants approved by the Board to enter the certification process must successfully complete a Qualifying (Part 1) Examination. After meeting certain specific criteria including unrestricted medical licensure, assessment of clinical practice through practice logs, acceptable peer review, and the 16-month practice requirement in a single community, the applicant must successfully complete the oral Certifying (Part 2) Examination to become certified.
Certification is valid for a period of ten years, subject to Maintenance of Certification(MOC) Beginning in 2007, those physicians who become certified or recertified will enter MOC, during which a physician must successfully complete certain requirements every two years.
Candidates have six years from the end of residency to complete the components of the certification process to become a Diplomate. An applicant will have no more than three attempts to pass the Qualifying (Part 1) Examination and no more than three attempts to pass the Certifying (Part 2) Examination. Applicants who have not successfully completed the certification process within six years of completion of their urology residency or who have failed either the Qualifying (Part 1) Examination or Certifying (Part 2) Examination three times must repeat and successfully complete the urology portion of an ACGME accredited urology residency program in order to re-enter the certification process.