Application and Exam Statistics
ABEM maintains detailed records on application certification statistics, as part of our efforts to understand and continuously improve our standards.
2023
2,797 certification applications received
Qualifying Exam: Of the 2,732 first-time takers, 2,296 (88%) passed
Oral Certification Exam: Of the 2,502 first-time takers, 2,377 (95%) passed
Detailed ABEM Application and Exam Statistics
Subspecialty Certification
Current totals for all physicians who hold a subspecialty certification through ABEM, as of June 30, 2024.
Subspecialty numbers also include physicians who are not Emergency Medicine certified by ABEM.
- Addiction Medicine*: 282
- Anesthesiology Critical Care Medicine: 179
- Clinical Informatics*: 260
- Emergency Medical Services: 1,151
- Hospice and Palliative Medicine: 245
- Internal Medicine - Critical Care Medicine: 397
- Medical Toxicology: 555
- Neurocritical Care: 61
- Pain Medicine: 36
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine: 332
- Sports Medicine: 301
- Surgical Critical Care*: 68
- Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine: 125
Total = 4,305 (9.2% of all ABEM-certified physicians)
- Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography: 616
* Certificates issued by other ABMS member boards.
Focused Practice Designation
Current totals of ABEM-certified physicians who hold a focused practice designation as of June 2024.
- Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography: 616