Become Board Certified: Define the Specialist You Want to Be

As the health care environment becomes increasingly complex and challenging, the value of certification is more important than ever. Board certification from an ABMS Member Board is the best way to:

  • Distinguish and differentiate yourself in your area of expertise
  • Demonstrate to patients, employers, and the public that your knowledge reflects peer-developed standards in a specialty
  • Express your deep commitment to providing safe, quality care

The ABMS certifying boards continually work to improve program quality and offer options for better integration of assessment and learning. They are committed to protecting the:

  • Privilege of self-regulation
  • Integrity of the credential
  • Value in a reliable system for the public trust

See how ABMS serves the public and the profession.

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Certification That Works for You

Board certification sums up your clinical expertise, vast experience, dedication to patients and personal commitment to excellence and growth.

  • Validate your clinical knowledge
  • Uphold standards of excellence in patient care
  • Demonstrate pride in your specialty or subspecialty
  • Get the recognition you deserve
  • Distinguish yourself for advancement
  • Be a practitioner who sets the example among their peers

Get Certified

Get Certified

Find out how board certification helps you distinguish and differentiate yourself and shows your commitment to quality care.

Stay Current

You have worked hard to get certified. Learn how continuing certification helps you stay current in your specialty

Find a Specialty

Learn about the specialties and subspecialties where certification is offered, and find your area of interest

Contact a Board

Contact an ABMS Board to review the requirements for initial certification and continuing certification

Resources to Help You Succeed

It’s never been more important — or more challenging — to keep up with the pace of new medical knowledge and meet your board requirements for continuing certification. That’s why ABMS Member Board programs for continuing certification are designed to be:

  • Adaptable
  • Relevant to practice
  • Easy to access

ABMS supports these programs with additional tools for ongoing learning and professional development.

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Find a Research Grant

Are you an early-career physician or researcher interested in advancing your leadership and research skills while contributing to the advancement of specialty certification? Apply to the ABMS Visiting Scholars Program.

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Earn QI Credit for Your Work

Are you involved in improvement work? Through the ABMS Portfolio Program, you may be able to earn continuing certification credit for what you are doing.

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Connect with CME Activities

Looking for practice-relevant, accredited CME? The ABMS Continuing Certification Directory is your answer. Thousands of ACCME-accredited CME activities are available from multiple providers.

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Help Patients Know You're Certified

Can your patients verify your board certification status? Check your listing on Certification Matters.

Physicians participating in the ABMS Portfolio Program are rewarded on two fronts: seeing the benefits of the QI work in their daily practice, and being awarded continuing certification credit for their contribution”

Teena Nelson, MHA, Manager, ABMS Portfolio Program