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What are the 2024 Nephrology Board Pass Rates?

The 2024 ABIM Nephrology Pass Rate has not yet been released. We will update this page when the rate becomes available.
The ABIM 2024 Nephrology Pass Rate for the Certification exam is 82%.
The ABIM 2023 Nephrology Pass Rate for the Maintenance of Certification exam is 94%.

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The Nephrology Initial Certification Exam is a historically tough board exam! In 2024, 75 out of 415 first-time takers didn’t pass.

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What do I do if I fail the Nephrology board exam?

The first thing you should do is just take it easy, sleep on it. Give yourself a few days, a week or two to come to terms with what has happened. Your next exam is six months to a year away. Dr. Jack has more advice in this video, What Do You Do If You Fail Your Medical Board Exam?

Nephrology Certification Exam Scoring

Overall performance is reported on a standardized score scale ranging from 200 to 800, with a mean of 500. To pass the Nephrology board examination, your standardized score must equal or exceed the standardized passing score. Your performance on the entire exam determines your pass-fail decision.

The passing standard for the Nephrology exam is set by ABIM committee using standard-setting techniques that follow best practices in assessment. Because the passing standard is based on a specified level of mastery of Nephrology content, no predetermined percentage of examinees will pass or fail the exam.

Nephrology Certification Exam Format

The Nephrology Certification Exam (CERT) board exam is composed of up to 240 single-best-answer multiple-choice questions. Most questions describe patient scenarios and ask about the tasks performed by physicians in the course of practice. (Note that around 40 of these are new questions that do not count in your score.) Example of a single-best-answer multiple-choice question format:

A 28-year-old man presents for a routine checkup with no complaints. His pulse rate is 88 beats per minute and blood pressure level is 130/85 mm Hg. His waist circumference is 44 inches and body mass index is 33. Which of the following findings may be associated with obesity being an independent risk factor to develop chronic kidney disease over the course of the next 5 years?

◯ A. Kidney stones ◯ B. Prostate hypertrophy ◯ C. Albuminuria ◯ D. Hematuria ◯ E. Damage to renal interstitial

Hover here for correct answer. Correct Response: C. Albuminuria Albuminuria is the correct answer because this case describes a patient with visceral obesity. Obesity is an independent risk factor for developing chronic kidney disease. Increased fat mass leads to mesangial expansion and increased renal metabolic demand that may promote glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertrophy, decreased podocyte density, increased foot processes, and increased filtration fraction, which promote proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis. Obesity may also cause alterations in adipocyte derived hormones such as low adiponectin levels and high leptin levels. Leptin causes proteinuria and glomerulosclerosis, promotes renal fibrosis and oxidative stress, and increases the sympathetic nerve tone. Obesity is not an independent risk factor for kidney stones and prostate hypertrophy. Hematuria is incorrect because it can be caused by many factors including urinary tract infections, renal stones, and kidney or bladder cancer. Damage to renal interstitium resulting in interstitial nephritis is incorrect because it is caused by many drugs and toxins. Source Peter S, et al. Obesity in CKD: What Should Nephrologists Know? JASN. 2013 Nov; 24(11): 1727-1736.
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