Professionalism goes beyond maintaining an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine. It also means prioritizing patient needs, staying current in your field, and holding to the highest ethical standards.
April QI Project Spotlight
Read more about how Drs. Harrington and Horton approached using their in-house management report to determine estimated length of stay for persons with spinal cord injury admitted to the inpatient rehabilitation unit.LEARN MORE
Vu Nguyen, MD: 2024 AAP Impact in Innovation and Education Award Recipient
Dr. Vu Nguyen, a member of the ABPMR Board of Directors (BOD), has been recognized as the recipient of the Association of Academic Physiatrists (AAP) Innovation and Impact in Education Award for 2024. This award recognizes an AAP member for outstanding new developments and improvements in education that benefit academic PM&R and the physiatric community.Read more!
Faces of Physiatry: Father/Son Edition
After meeting this father-son PM&R duo at the AAP conference last year, we wanted to learn more about their individual journeys to PM&R and the connection they've made along the way.Read more here!
Incoming Board Directors - 2024
At the ABPMR Winter Board Meeting in January 2024, two new directors were elected to serve on the ABPMR board. We would like to welcome Monica Baldridge, MD and David Lin, MD who were elected to the Board of Directors and will start their first term August 1, 2024.Read more about them here!
Read the 2024 spring edition of the ABPMR newsletter
Your source for relevant and timely information about your PM&R certification.Read it here!
Early Career PM&R Diplomates: Apply to be an ABMS Visiting Scholar
The ABPMR Foundation has committed to sponsoring an ABMS Scholar for the 2024-2025 academic year. The ABMS Visiting Scholars Program™ supports the research of early-career physicians and research professionals and facilitates leadership development through engagement with ABMS and the broader certification community. Applications are now open!LEARN MORE
For Residents
Your Roadmap to Certification
Welcome to the start of your journey to PM&R certification.
Board certification demonstrates your knowledge, skills, and competence to your employer, your peers, and your patients. Once you reach the end of residency, your certification journey begins. The ABPMR is here to give you a roadmap to certification and beyond.
For Our Diplomates
Making Continuing Certification Matter
The ABPMR Continuing Certification (CC) Program helps you keep your knowledge current, your practice improving, and your clinical skills sharp throughout your career — but it’s not really about you. It’s about your patients. When applied to your practice effectively, CC helps you continue raising the bar of excellence in patient care.
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Professionalism
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Lifelong Learning
Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are the backbone of the CC Program. By completing about 40 CME credits a year, including 8 Self-Assessment CME credits, you’re ensuring your clinical knowledge is always current.
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Assessment
Longitudinal assessment is designed to assess knowledge while helping physicians learn and improve over time. Questions may be answered at your own pace and are customizable across five domains.
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Quality Improvement
Quality improvement (QI) projects offer a chance to demonstrate how you’re continually improving for your patients — and to give you the tools to measure and quantify that improvement. (Tip: This requirement may be more straightforward than you think.)
Certification Matters
Is your doctor certified?
When you need to put your health into a professional’s hands, you want to be confident in your physician’s evaluation, advice, and treatment plan. One of the best ways to be assured you’re getting good care is to choose a doctor who is board certified.