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board certification broad implications candidates career trajectories prior research found sociodemographic disparities pass rates barriers format administration oral board examinations may disproportionately affect certain candidates characterize oral certifying examination policies practices 16 accreditation council graduate medical education acgmeaccredited specialties require oral examinations crosssectional study conducted march 1 april 15 2023 using data oral examination practices policies examination format dates setting lactation accommodations accommodations military deployment family emergency medical leave well gender composition specialties boards directors obtained websites telephone calls email correspondence certifying specialists percentages female residents residents racial ethnic backgrounds historically underrepresented medicine urm specialty december 31 2021 obtained graduate medical education 2021 2022 report specialty accommodation scores measured modified objective scoring system score range 113 higher scores indicating accommodations poisson regression used assess association accommodation score diversity residents specialty measured percentages female urm residents linear regression used assess whether gender diversity specialtys board directors associated accommodation scores included analysis 16 specialties total 46 027 residents 26 533 males 576 233 members boards directors 152 males 652 mean sd total accommodation score 828 379 median iqr score 925 5001200 association found test accommodation score percentage female urm residents however 1point increase test accommodation score relative risk resident female 105 95 ci 096116 relative risk individual urm resident 104 95 ci 100107 association found percentage female board members accommodation score 10 increase percentage board members female accommodation score increased 120 points 95 ci 023216 points p 03 crosssectional study found considerable variability oral board examination accommodations among acgmeaccredited specialties highlighting opportunities improvement standardization promoting diversity leadership bodies may lead greater accommodations examinees extenuating circumstances