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.
Board Director News
ABPMR Announces Results of 2025-26 Board of Directors Election: New Member, Board Chair and Vice Chair NamedRead more here!
Decade Achievement Award
To honor dedicated volunteers, the ABPMR established the Decade Achievement Award. The inaugural recipients were recognized at the fall Item Writing Workshop in Tampa, FL, in November 2024.Read more here!
Faces of Physiatry: Dr. Jackson Maddux
This month, our Faces of Physiatry highlights Dr. Jackson Maddux, who dedicates his free time to volunteering with Lifeline Pilots.Click to read more
IHHC (QI) Project: Reducing the risk of surgical and postoperative complications of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) patients
This month our IHHC (QI) project feature was submitted by Amy D'Antonio, MD.Read more here!
Volunteer Spotlight
This month's Volunteer Spotlight highlights Dr. Yanira Vazquez-Perez, who is practicing Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Puerto Rico!Read more!
Read the 2024 fall edition of the ABPMR newsletter
Your source for relevant and timely information about your PM&R certification.Read it here!
Continuing Certification Update: Introducing New Quality Improvement Opportunities!
In 2023, ABPMR committed to easing the burden of fulfilling CC requirements by enhancing the Quality Improvement (QI - soon to be referred to as Improving Health and Health Care or IHHC) component with additional opportunities available to receive QI credit in recognition of diplomates’ ongoing quality improvement efforts.Read more here!
Meet our ABMS Visiting Scholar: Allison Wallingford, MD
The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) has selected Allison Wallingford, MD as the first-ever representative of the ABPMR in its 2024–2025 Visiting Scholars Program™.Read more here!
Announcing a New and Improved Platform for Longitudinal Assessment (LA) for PM&R Beginning in 2025
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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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Improving Health and Health Care
Improving Health and Health Care (IHHC) 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.