The ABEM Policy on Credit for Training in Other Specialties provides an opportunity for residents to receive credit for a portion of their previous Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited, non-EM primary residency training when they transfer to an ACGME-accredited, EM residency program. This could reduce the total length of a resident’s EM training.
EM program directors must submit equivalent credit requests with all required documentation to ABEM, and ABEM must approve the request, prior to the resident beginning the EM program.
How to Submit a Request for Equivalent Credit
ABEM requires the following documentation for an equivalent credit request to be complete:
- A completed Request for Credit for Training in Other Specialties (please print, fill out the form, have signed by program director, and return to ABEM).
- A copy of the non-EM certificate of completion and/or letter from the non-EM program director verifying that at least 12 months of the resident's training was successfully completed.
- A copy of the non-EM training program’s standard curriculum.
- A copy of the EM training program’s standard curriculum.
- A copy of the non-EM training program's block diagram.
- A copy of the EM training program's block diagram.
Requests may be submitted via mail or email to:
Mail:
American Board of Emergency Medicine
3000 Coolidge Road
East Lansing, MI 48823
Email: training@abem.org
If you have specific questions or comments regarding the process for requesting equivalent credit, please contact the ABEM office at 517-332-4800, option 3.