Exam: May 4-7, 2019
Registration: March 14, 2019 $1,225 – registration fee
Late Registration: March 15-28, 2019 $1,515 - registration and late fee
Exam: October 5-8, 2019
Registration: August 15, 2019 $1,225 – registration fee
Late Registration: August 16-29, 2019 $1,515 - registration and late fee
The 2020 fall Oral Certification Examination is scheduled for October 10–13, 2020
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.