Apply for ABEM Certification
To meet ABEM credentialing requirements physicians must: 1) Successfully complete an Emergency Medicine residency training program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC). 2) Meet board eligibility requirements.
Residents should plan to apply for initial certification in the last year of their EM residency. Once their application is approved and verified, they will be eligible to register for the Qualifying Exam administered in the November after they graduate.
Residents who pass the Qualifying Exam will be assigned to an Oral Certification Examination the following year. Physicians earn ABEM-certified status upon passing the Oral Exam. Following that pattern, EM graduates are able to achieve certification within 10-16 months of their residency graduation.