Chicago, IL, March 18, 2021: The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that the 2021 Clinical Informatics certification examination will follow an updated content outline. The American Medical Informatics Association (AMIA) in collaboration with the ABPM and the American Board of Pathology (ABPath) developed the new content outline designed to reflect the most up to date competencies required of today’s Clinical Informaticians.

“The ABPM is pleased that the 2021 Clinical Informatics certification exam will even more closely mirror the set of competencies, knowledge and skills today’s informaticians rely upon in their day-to-day practice,” said Hernando “Joe” Ortega, Jr., MD, MPH, ABPM’s Board Chair. “We are incredibly thankful for the engagement and effort of our Diplomate experts as well as the leadership of both AMIA and ABPath who collectively put forth the effort necessary to complete the practice analysis which was the precursor to ABPM’s approval of the updated outline for Clinical Informatics. ABPM truly appreciates our close working relationship with AMIA and ABPath, and the success of this endeavor is emblematic of the accomplishments that can be made when we collectively work toward a common goal. We also look forward to future collaborations with AMIA and ABPath on both initial as well as continuing certification programs in Clinical Informatics.”

The updated content outline which will form the foundation for the 2021 Initial Certification Examination in Clinical Informatics is available on both the ABPM’s website at https://www.abpm-us.org/become-certified/exam-content/clinical-informatics-content-outline/ as well as the ABPath website at https://www.abpath.org/index.php/taking-an-examination/subspecialty-certificate-examinations.

The 2021 Initial Certification Examination in Clinical Informatics will be administered by ABPM during the exam window which begins on October 11, 2021 and continues to and including October 31, 2021.

Physicians who are interested in subspecialty certification in Clinical Informatics through the ABPM can learn more about the eligibility requirements at https://www.abpm-us.org/become-certified/subspecialties/clinical-informatics/. Physicians certified through the American Board of Pathology can find requirements for Clinical Informatics subspecialty certification at https://www.abpath.org/index.php/to-become-certified/requirements-for-certification?id=40/.

The ABPM is an ABMS Member Board. Founded in 1948, ABPM works with the ABMS in the development of standards for the ongoing assessment and certification of over 12,000 physicians certified by the ABPM in the specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health and General Preventive Medicine; and in the subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology, and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.