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ABPM is currently conducting a practice analysis study to update the Addiction Medicine (ADM) content outline and examination blueprint. Success of the practice analysis depends on the participation of…

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Choose one of the ABPM’s specialties below to learn more about the specialty and how to apply for certification.

Aerospace medicine focuses on the clinical care, research, and operational support of the health, safety, and performance of crew members and passengers of air and space vehicles, together with the support personnel who assist operation of such vehicles.

Occupational and Environmental Medicine focuses on the health of workers, including the ability to perform work; the physical, chemical, biological, and social environments of the workplace; and the health outcomes of environmental exposures.

Public health and general preventive medicine focuses on promoting health, preventing disease, and managing the health of communities and defined populations.
Choose one of the ABPM’s subpecialties below to learn more about the subpecialty and how to apply for certification.

Addiction Medicine is concerned with the prevention, evaluation, diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of persons with the disease of addiction, of those with substance-related health conditions, and of people who show unhealthy use of substances including nicotine, alcohol, prescription medications and other licit and illicit drugs.

Physicians who practice Clinical Informatics collaborate with other health care and information technology professionals to analyze, design, implement and evaluate information and communication systems that enhance individual and population health outcomes, improve patient care, and strengthen the clinician-patient relationship.

Health Care Administration, Leadership, and Management (HALM) represents a body of knowledge and skills that address the system-based needs of health care environments.

Medical toxicologists are physicians who specialize in the prevention, evaluation, treatment, and monitoring of injury and illness from exposures to drugs and chemicals, as well as biological and radiological agents.

The subspecialty of Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine is a discipline that deals with the prevention of injury and illness due to exposure to environments in which the ambient pressure is increased, such as in diving or hyperbaric chamber exposure, and the therapeutic use of high environmental pressure and the delivery of oxygen under high pressure to treat disease.