Each year, the American Board of Internal Medicine® reviews and updates the content for the Internal Medicine Board Exams. Then, to help you focus your review, it issues an outline of the primary medical topics and their approximate percentages for a typical exam.
The topics you can expect to see on the 2022 Internal Medicine Certification and Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification exams are:
INTERNAL MEDICINE BOARD EXAM TOPICS
| Internal Medicine Certification Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Allergy and Immunology | 2% |
| Cardiovascular Disease | 14% |
| Dermatology | 3% |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | 9% |
| Gastroenterology | 9% |
| Geriatric Syndromes | 3% |
| Hematology | 6% |
| Infectious Disease | 9% |
| Nephrology and Urology | 6% |
| Neurology | 4% |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 3% |
| Medical Oncology | 6% |
| Ophthalmology | 1% |
| Otolaryngology and Dental Medicine | 1% |
| Psychiatry | 4% |
| Pulmonary Disease | 9% |
| Rheumatology and Orthopedics | 9% |
| Miscellaneous | 2% |
| Internal Medicine Maintenance of Certification Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Allergy and Immunology | 2% |
| Cardiovascular | 15% |
| Dermatology | 3% |
| Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism | 10% |
| Gastroenterology | 10% |
| Geriatric Syndromes | 3% |
| Hematology | 4% |
| Infectious Disease | 10% |
| Medical Oncology | 6% |
| Miscellaneous | 1% |
| Nephrology and Urology | 6% |
| Neurology | 4% |
| Obstetrics and Gynecology | 3% |
| Ophthalmology | 1% |
| Otolaryngology and Dental Medicine | 1% |
| Psychiatry | 3% |
| Pulmonary Disease | 8% |
| Rheumatology and Orthopedics | 10% |
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