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Serving our diplomates, protecting the public

The ABPMR supports and serves the physicians who have gained or are working to achieve board certification in PM&R. This starts by ensuring high-quality residency training and culminates in a rigorous and reliable two-part examination to achieve board certification and continues throughout a physiatrist’s career with our Continuing Certification (CC) Program.

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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.

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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.

Professionalism

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.

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Lifelong Learning

Continuing Medical Education (CME) credits are the backbone of the CC Program. By completing CME regularly, 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.

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  • Professionalism

    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.

    Learn More

  • 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.

    Learn More

  • 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.

    Learn More

  • 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.)

    Learn More