Recertification Exam InformationABOM Diplomates are expected to conduct continuous professional education in the area of oral medicine. All Diplomates are required to maintain Continuing Education (CE) at 35 CE for any given past three-year period. All Diplomates may be audited at any given time at random to ensure that this level of CE is being maintained. In addition, ABOM Diplomates are required to recertify every ten years based on the date they passed the ABOM Board examination, or the most recent passing of the re-certification examination. Diplomates will receive notice from ABOM when they are due for recertification. Candidates have a one-year time frame to pass the examination.
Recertification Components
Application Process 2. Diplomates must submit evidence of having achieved a total of 35 CE hours during the preceding three years. For example, if recertifying in 2025, evidence must be submitted from years 2022-2024. Please submit evidence as a single combined PDF document uploaded with the application. CE certificates are typically used. Points are awarded for the activities listed below:
3. Pay the recertification fee (see below, subject to change). 4. The completed application is then sent to the Board for review. Once approved by the Board, Diplomates will receive a confirmation email with instructions to access the online testing system, Classmarker, to complete the ABOM Re-certification exam. 5. The re-certification is open resource (honor code): books, journals and websites may be used by the examinee. 6. A passing grade on the recertification examination is 70%. 7. Grading will be performed by the software, and all examinees will be notified by the ABOM Secretary of their grade within 30 days of taking the re-examination via e-mail. The certificate will be sent to the examinee from the ABOM office. 8. If a diplomate does not pass the re-certification examination, then they have two opportunities to retake the exam and they must wait a minimum of month before retaking the exam. (see Examination fee)
Recertification Examination Content & Format The goal of the board re-examination is to fairly and accurately periodically re-test current knowledge of practicing Diplomates, pertinent to patient care in Oral Medicine as it is practiced in the USA. Diplomates are expected to maintain expert knowledge in the same domains as the ABOM Qualifying Examination and Oral Clinical Cases Examination. The exam consists of questions on the topics of: The examination construction is similar to that of Qualifying Examination in terms of content and weighting, with a total of 55 questions (10-15 questions per section).
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