Subspecialty Certification
Spinal Cord Injury Medicine (SCIM) and Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) Move to Longitudinal Assessment (LA) in 2025
After the successful launch of longitudinal assessment for Brain Injury Medicine (BIM) in 2024, two additional subspecialties will be moving to LA beginning in 2025.
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Exam Results
2023 Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination Results
This October, the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination was administered to 19 first-time candidates. Of these first-time candidates, 18, or 95%, passed the examination.
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Published: Comparison of State Board Disciplinary Actions in Board-Certified Versus Non-Board-Certified Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Physicians
A research team led by Lawrence R. Robinson, MD, recently had their research article on disciplinary action in board certified versus non-board-certified physicians published ahead of print in the PM&R Journal. Read Dr. Robinson's summary of the research and see the full article here.
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Exam Results
2022 Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination Results
In November of 2022, the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination was administered to 25 first-time candidates. Click to see the results and names of the newly certified diplomates.
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2021 Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination Results
In October 2021, 23 first-time candidates took the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination. The SCIM Examination for CC was also administered in October. Click to read the results and see the names of the newly-certified physicians!
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Exam Results
2020 Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination Results
In November 2020, the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination was administered to 18 first-time candidates. Read more about the examination and see the names of the newly-certified physicians!
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2019 Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination Results
On November 4, 2019, the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Examination was administered to 18 first-time candidates. Read more, including the names of those newly certified, by clicking below.
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Continuing Certification Research
Published: Association of participation in the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Maintenance of Certification Program and physician disciplinary actions
Can ABPMR maintenance of certification participation predict which physicians are at risk for future state medical board disciplinary actions?
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Published: Does performance on the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation initial certification examinations predict future physician disciplinary actions?
Can ABPMR Board Certification predict which physicians have higher (or lower) risk for future state medical board disciplinary actions?
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Subspecialty Certification Research
Published: Administration and performance on the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Certification Examination over a 10-year period
Click to read an abstract for a newly published article from the ABPMR Research Team regarding the Spinal Cord Injury Medicine Certification Examination.
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