The American Board of Anesthesiology® regularly reviews and updates the content for the Pain Medicine Board Exam as necessary. 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 both the 2022 Pain Medicine Certification and Pain Medicine Maintenance of Certification exams are:
| Pain Medicine Certification and Maintenance of Certification Board Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| General | 7.5% |
| Assessment & Psychology of Pain | 7.5% |
| Treatment of Pain: Pharmacologic Methods | 15% |
| Treatment of Pain: Other Methods | 25% |
| Clinical States | 45% |
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