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Maternal & Foetal Medicine — FNB reading list.

What a two-year FNB fellow in Maternal & Foetal Medicine reads, and what each title is for.

8Titles listed
5Read cover to cover
2 yrsFellowship length
400Marks in the exit exam
The fellowship

Maternal & Foetal Medicine at a glance

High-risk pregnancy, foetal diagnosis and therapy and prenatal counselling.

DisciplineObstetrics and Gynaecology
Length2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital
Entered fromDNB/MD/MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology
EntranceFET, the NBEMS Fellowship Entrance Test — 100 questions in 105 minutes, Part-A from the feeder specialty and Part-B from this fellowship.
How this list is used

Reading for Maternal & Foetal Medicine

Reading in an FNB Maternal and Foetal Medicine unit splits three ways: one comprehensive obstetric-medicine reference that gets worked through systematically, an imaging text that lives next to the ultrasound machine, and a high-risk pregnancy manual pitched at South Asian practice. Creasy and Resnik is the book most fellows read cover-to-cover across the two years and the main source for exit-exam theory, while Callen and Twining are opened case-by-case when an anomaly turns up mid-scan. Indian units increasingly set their scan protocols and reporting formats against ISUOG guidelines, so those are read alongside the textbooks rather than after them.

Titles are tagged core reading — the ones fellows finish — or reference, the ones they look things up in. Editions are given where the current edition is what you want to buy.

  1. Creasy and Resnik's Maternal-Fetal Medicine: Principles and Practicecore readingCharles J. Lockwood, Lorraine Dugoff, Joshua A. Copel, Judette M. Louis, Robert M. Silver, Robert Resnik (eds.) · Elsevier · 9th edition (2022)The field's standard reference, read cover-to-cover over the fellowship and the primary source for exit-exam theory.
  2. Callen's Ultrasonography in Obstetrics and Gynecologycore readingMary E. Norton, Leslie M. Scoutt, Vickie A. Feldstein (eds.) · Elsevier · 6th edition (2016)Kept beside the scan machine for normal anatomy, biometry and anomaly recognition during targeted scans.
  3. Williams Obstetricscore readingF. Gary Cunningham, Kenneth J. Leveno, Jodi S. Dashe, Barbara L. Hoffman, Catherine Y. Spong, Brian M. Casey (eds.) · McGraw HillThe general obstetric backbone the fellowship assumes you already have, used to settle labour-ward and medical-disorder questions quickly.
  4. Fetal Medicine: Basic Science and Clinical Practicecore readingCharles H. Rodeck, Martin J. Whittle (eds.) · ElsevierRead for the embryology, placental physiology and invasive-procedure chapters that underpin counselling in a fetal medicine clinic.
  5. Arias' Practical Guide to High-Risk Pregnancy and Deliverycore readingAmarnath G. Bhide, Sabaratnam Arulkumaran, Kaizad R. Damania, Shirish N. Daftary (eds.) · Elsevier · 6th editionWritten for South Asian practice and used for everyday protocols on hypertensive disorders, diabetes and preterm labour.
  6. Twining's Textbook of Fetal AbnormalitiesreferencePeter Twining, Josephine M. McHugo, David W. Pilling (eds.) · ElsevierOpened when a specific structural abnormality needs a differential and a prognosis before the couple is counselled.
  7. Fetal CardiologyreferenceSimcha Yagel, Norman H. Silverman, Ulrich Gembruch (eds.) · CRC PressUsed during the fetal echocardiography rotation for segmental analysis and for planning delivery of duct-dependent lesions.
  8. ISUOG Practice GuidelinesreferenceInternational Society of Ultrasound in Obstetrics and GynecologyThe scan-protocol and reporting standards Indian fetal medicine units are audited against, covering first-trimester, mid-trimester and Doppler examinations.

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The exit examination

What you are reading towards

The exit examination is the FEE - Fellowship Exit Examination, held after completion of the fellowship training. Theory: one paper of 100 marks (10 questions of 10 marks each) of three hours' duration. Practical: 300 marks, comprising clinical examination and viva voce. A candidate must obtain a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate across theory and practical (200 of 400) to qualify, with the theory paper itself to be passed at 50/100. Trainees must also appear in the formative assessment during training. Successful candidates are awarded the FNB (or FNB-PD) at the annual NBEMS convocation.

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Frequently asked

FNB Maternal & Foetal Medicine — questions

Which books do FNB Maternal & Foetal Medicine fellows read?

The 8 titles on this page, of which 5 are read cover to cover and the rest are kept as references. Most fellows own two or three and use the department copy for the others.

How long is the FNB in Maternal & Foetal Medicine?

2 years, full-time at an NBEMS-accredited hospital, followed by the Fellowship Exit Examination.

Which specialty do you enter FNB Maternal & Foetal Medicine from?

DNB/MD/MS Obstetrics & Gynaecology

How is the FNB exit examination marked?

One theory paper of 100 marks with ten questions of ten marks each, and a 300-mark practical of clinical examination and viva. A candidate needs 50 per cent in aggregate across the two.

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