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    Undersea and Hyperbaric Initial Certification Examination Announcement

     

    The American Board of Preventive Medicine Announcement Regarding the Initial Certification Examination in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine

    Chicago, IL, September 19, 2018 – The American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) announced today that beginning with the 2020 Examination Cycle, it will administer the Initial Certification examination in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine (the “Exam”) every other year. In order to provide sufficient advance notice to those physicians already in a fellowship or considering certification in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine, the Exam will be offered by the ABPM during each of the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Examination Cycles. Thereafter, the Exam will be administered by the ABPM every other year following the 2020 Examination Cycle.

    In announcing this new policy, the ABPM’s Board Chair M. ‘Tonette’ Krousel-Wood, MD, MSPH, said “Given the examinee volume, and the ABPM’s commitment to maintaining high-standards and thereby the integrity of the Certificate in UHM, administering the Initial Certification examination in UHM every other year beginning with the 2020 Examination Cycle, allows the ABPM to properly manage examinee volume while continuing to meet its obligation to provide a quality examination to candidates for certification in UHM.”

    The new policy is effective immediately but, as indicated above, will not impact the ABPM’s administration of the Exam for the 2018, 2019 or 2020 Examination Cycles in UHM.

    About ABPM

    The ABPM is a Member Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties and was originally incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware on June 29, 1948 as “The American Board of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, Incorporated.” In 1952, the name was changed to The American Board of Preventive Medicine, Inc., and currently the ABPM certifies physicians in the primary specialties of Aerospace Medicine, Occupational Medicine, and Public Health/General Preventive Medicine, and Subspecialties of Addiction Medicine, Clinical Informatics, Medical Toxicology and Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine.