Each year, the American Board of Preventive Medicine® will review and update the content for the Addiction Medicine Board Exams. Then, to help you focus your review, the ABPM 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 2023 Addiction Medicine Certification and Addiction Medicine Maintenance of Certification exams are:
Addiction Medicine Certification and Maintenance of Certification Exam Topics Percent of Exam
Pharmacology 5%
Definitions 5%
Genetics 5%
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles 5%
Neurobiology of Addiction 5%
Epidemiological Concepts 6.7%
Epidemiological Trends of Substance Use Disorders 6.7%
Prevention 6.7%
Screening, Assessment, and Brief Intervention 5%
Overview of Addiction Treatment 5%
Management of Inpatient and Outpatient Intoxication and Withdrawal 5%
Pharmacologic Interventions for Addictions 5%
Behavioral Interventions 5%
Co-Occurring and Medical Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction 5%
Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction 5%
Pain and Addiction 5%
Ethical, Legal and Liability Issues in Addiction Practice 15%
Definitions 5%
Genetics 5%
Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles 5%
Pharmacology 5%
Neurobiology of Addiction 5%
Epidemiological Concepts 6%
Epidemiological Trends of Substance Use Disorders 6%
Prevention 6%
Screening, Assessment, and Brief Intervention 5%
Overview of Addiction Treatment 5%
Management of Inpatient and Outpatient Intoxication and Withdrawal 6%
Pharmacologic Interventions for Addictions 5%
Behavioral Interventions 6%
Co-Occurring and Medical Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction 5%
Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction 5%
Pain and Addiction 5%
Ethical, Legal and Liability Issues in Addiction Practice 15%
| Addiction Medicine Certification and Maintenance of Certification Exam Topics | Percent of Exam |
|---|---|
| Pharmacology | 5% |
| Definitions | 5% |
| Genetics | 5% |
| Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles | 5% |
| Neurobiology of Addiction | 5% |
| Epidemiological Concepts | 6.7% |
| Epidemiological Trends of Substance Use Disorders | 6.7% |
| Prevention | 6.7% |
| Screening, Assessment, and Brief Intervention | 5% |
| Overview of Addiction Treatment | 5% |
| Management of Inpatient and Outpatient Intoxication and Withdrawal | 5% |
| Pharmacologic Interventions for Addictions | 5% |
| Behavioral Interventions | 5% |
| Co-Occurring and Medical Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction | 5% |
| Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction | 5% |
| Pain and Addiction | 5% |
| Ethical, Legal and Liability Issues in Addiction Practice | 15% |
| Definitions | 5% |
| Genetics | 5% |
| Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Principles | 5% |
| Pharmacology | 5% |
| Neurobiology of Addiction | 5% |
| Epidemiological Concepts | 6% |
| Epidemiological Trends of Substance Use Disorders | 6% |
| Prevention | 6% |
| Screening, Assessment, and Brief Intervention | 5% |
| Overview of Addiction Treatment | 5% |
| Management of Inpatient and Outpatient Intoxication and Withdrawal | 6% |
| Pharmacologic Interventions for Addictions | 5% |
| Behavioral Interventions | 6% |
| Co-Occurring and Medical Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction | 5% |
| Co-Occurring Psychiatric Disorders among Patients with Alcohol and Other Drug Use and Addiction | 5% |
| Pain and Addiction | 5% |
| Ethical, Legal and Liability Issues in Addiction Practice | 15% |
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