The AUGS Self-Assessment Fellows Exam (SAFE) is a web-based, multiple choice exam designed to test objectives found in the ABOG URPS Blueprint.
Course Directors:
Lindsay Turner, MD | Allegheny Health Network
Lauren Giuglae, MD | University of Pittsburgh
Eligibility
- SAFE is open only to Urogynecology Fellows and AUGS Fellowship Program Directors.
- Complimentary registration is offered to fellows in an accredited AUGS Fellowship Program. Programs must pay their 2027 membership dues by January 31, 2027 before registering.
Exam Dates: March 2027
- Participants need to register themselves for the exam.
- Unless required by the individual’s fellowship program, registered participants may take the exam on any weekday, at any time of the day, during the exam period.
- AUGS DOES NOT provide exam proctoring. Fellows are responsible for following their own program requirements when taking SAFE. Please check with your program coordinator or program director for exam date and proctoring requirements.
Exam Results
The 2026 SAFE exam season has officially wrapped up. If you wish to see your individual fellow’s results, you can now access them using the instructions below. . You’ll need to be assigned as a “coordinator” for your program in order to access the data.
There are two options to access each fellow’s exam score:
Option 1: Each fellow can email their scores directly from the e-learning portal to their PD.
Option 2: A program’s designated program coordinator may retrieve the scores directly from the e-learning portal.
Option 1 Instructions:
- Login to the member portal at augs.org. Click on the green text tab at the top “AUGS Online Learning”. You can also go directly to AUGS online learning from the homepage and login there.
- Click on “my courses” on the left navigation panel.
- Find the safe exam from the list and click “review”.
- Click on “self study report” in orange.
- Click on the blue button at the top of the page that says “email”.
- Enter the Program Director’s email address and hit send. Alternatively, you can download your report and email outside of the system.
Option 2 Instructions:
- Login to the member portal at augs.org. Click on the green text tab at the top “AUGS Online Learning”. You can also go directly to AUGS online learning from the homepage and login there.
- Navigate to your name and click on the carrot to the right for a dropdown.
- From the dropdown list, click on Switch to Coordinator or make sure you are logged in as “coordinator” and not “learner”.
- You will be able to find the Fellows associated with your program on a list.
- Navigate to the person you want to review.
- Look for 2026 SAFE, click to view their results.
If you have any questions regarding the SAFE Exam, please contact [email protected].
AUGS’s Policy on the use of Self-Assessment Fellows Exam (SAFE) and Self-Assessment Exam Questions for Research (April 4, 2024)
AUGS does not grant any requests for the use of SAFE or Self-Assessment Exam questions for research. While the Society appreciates the interest in using the exam tools for research, AUGS must prioritize the integrity of the assessment tools and protect our intellectual property.
AUGS will reassess and revisit this policy periodically.
