Candidates who apply for subspecialty certification in PRM must be ABPMR diplomates in good standing and must have a current, valid, and unrestricted license to practice medicine in at least one jurisdiction in the United States, its territories, or Canada.

In addition, applicants for the PRM Examination must satisfactorily fulfill training requirements, which comprise these options:

• 1.

  Two years of an ACGME-accredited PRM fellowship after PM&R residency

• 2.

  PM&R/pediatrics combined training program

• 3.

  Successful completion of consecutive ACGME-accredited residency training programs in both PM&R and pediatrics, including at least six months of pediatric rehabilitation medicine training

Applicants must also:

• Be evaluated annually by their program director

• Be recommended for admissibility to the PRM Examination by the fellowship program director upon successful completion of the training program

• Finish the training program after completing residency and by the August 31 that precedes the examination date