Oral Exam

Dates and Fees

  • Spring Oral Certification Examination

  • Fall Oral Certification Examination

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The third step for ABEM certification is the Oral Certification Examination. ABEM guarantees an assignment to the Oral Certification Examination the year after a physician passes the Qualifying Examination. The oral exam is a standardized test of Emergency Medicine knowledge, using scenarios based on actual clinical cases.

The exam is administered twice per year in Chicago, IL, requires approximately five hours to complete, and includes seven simulated patient encounters: five single-patient encounters and two multiple-patient encounters.

To best display your EM knowledge on the day of the exam, complete the following steps:

These materials will provide you with the information you need to prepare for, attend, and take the Oral Certification Examination.