- Get Certified
- Certification Process
- Subspecialties and FPDs
- Focused Practice Designations
- Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine
- Emergency Medical Services (EMS)
- Health Care Administration, Leadership, & Management (HALM)
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine
- Internal Medicine – Critical Care Medicine
- Medical Toxicology
- Neurocritical Care
- Pain Medicine
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine
- Sports Medicine
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine
Certification Process
We applaud you for taking on this challenge and following your desire to meet the highest standards in Emergency Medicine! Your ABEM certification will be valuable to your career and patients. Just follow these steps as we guide you through the process:



The purpose of initial certification is to objectively and independently confirm that physicians who complete an Emergency Medicine residency demonstrate core knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to practice Emergency Medicine at the highest standards.
There are three steps for physicians to achieve certification in Emergency Medicine after completing residency training: