LA-BIM Platform Tutorials
Checklist for LA-BIM 2024
The LA-BIM 2024 assessment will be open and available beginning January 8, 2024.
If you hold a subspecialty certificate in Brain Injury Medicine (BIM) and your current certification cycle ends in 2026 or beyond, you must now begin Longitudinal Assessment in BIM (LA-BIM). You will satisfy the continuing certification requirement if you meet the performance standard at the end of the year in which your certification expires (cycle end date of 2026) or in the fifth year of your LA-BIM cycle (cycle end dates of 2028 and beyond).
- Make sure you are enrolled in LA-BIM 2024
- Familiarize yourself with the new platform through the demo assessment and the information on this page
- Review the program design and scoring as explained on the LA-BIM details page
- Explore the Frequently Asked Questions about LA-BIM
Don’t want to watch the video? Follow these instructions to begin with the ABPMR Subspecialty LA Demo assessment.
- Log onto the ABPMR website using your credentials. You will then be directed to your certification dashboard.
- Under the Active LA Quarter section, you will be able to view all longitudinal assessments that you are enrolled in. For those diplomates enrolled in primary LA-PM&R, you will have the ability to access that platform here by choosing the Access LA-PM&R Platform button.
- On the certification dashboard, you will find helpful information without even entering the platform. You can see the current quarter’s end date, how many questions you have left to answer for the quarter, and what will be included in the current quarter.
- You can select from one of three options: Quarter Details (it will redirect you to the Quarter Details page); Question History (see the questions you have already taken); Answer A Question to go right into the assessment.
- You will see your progress as you answer questions. The boxes remain gray until you answer a question. If you get the question correct, the gray box will turn green; if it is incorrect on the first attempt, it will change to yellow with a diagonal line through it. If you get a question incorrect on the second attempt, the box will change to red. Note: Reattempts will not occur until after Quarter 1.
- In the Topic Area section, you will see the different topic areas that are included in the assessment. You may choose to continue your assessment with a question from this topic area by using the Answer A Question button within that topic area section.
- The third section you see is the Articles section. As a reminder, article-based questions will not be available until quarter 4. But the articles themselves are available and accessible the entire year.
- Ready to answer questions? On the assessment page, you will be presented with a question, four response options, and a timer. You will also notice the ability to strike-through options. You will not be able to submit your answer until you select one of the options and the Submit Answer button appears.
- In the Active Quarter section, you will again see your progress as you move along in the assessment. From here, you can continue your assessment with the next automatically selected question by using the Answer A Question button. Or you can manually select a question from the Active Quarter Details page by using the Pick Next Question Category button.
- Once you have submitted your answer, you will be brought to the Rationale page. You will see immediately if you have answered the question correctly or incorrectly.