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    This document presents first-time pass rates for internal medicine certification exams and subspecialty certification exams from 2011 to 2015. For the internal medicine exam, the pass rate increased each year from 84% in 2011 to 89% in 2015. Across subspecialty exams, first-time pass rates generally remained steady or increased slightly each year, ranging from 77-96% depending on the exam and year. The document also provides footnotes on when certain subspecialty exams were first administered and which board candidates were included.

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    This document presents first-time pass rates for internal medicine certification exams and subspecialty certification exams from 2011 to 2015. For the internal medicine exam, the pass rate increased each year from 84% in 2011 to 89% in 2015. Across subspecialty exams, first-time pass rates generally remained steady or increased slightly each year, ranging from 77-96% depending on the exam and year. The document also provides footnotes on when certain subspecialty exams were first administered and which board candidates were included.

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    First-Time Taker Pass Rates - Initial Certification

    Certification Examination in Internal Medicine: 2011-2015 First-Time Taker Pass Rates


    Key: # - Number of first-time takers; % - Percent Passing
    2011
    Exam Area
    Internal Medicine

    2012

    2013

    2014

    2015

    7336

    84%

    7303

    85%

    7482

    86%

    7601

    87%

    7839

    89%

    Subspecialty Certification Examinations: 2011-2015 First-Time Taker Pass Rates


    Key: # - Number of first-time takers; % - Percent Passing
    2011

    Exam Area
    Adult Congenital Heart Disease

    (0)

    Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant


    Cardiology(1)

    2012

    --

    --

    --

    --

    --

    2013

    2014

    2015

    --

    225

    83%

    --

    --

    --

    --

    287

    83%

    --

    --

    397

    78%

    --

    --

    Cardiovascular Disease

    840

    91%

    879

    92%

    825

    95%

    847

    90%

    939

    92%

    Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

    150

    77%

    160

    81%

    141

    86%

    110

    81%

    127

    79%

    523

    92%

    600

    94%

    592

    93%

    596

    92%

    574

    92%

    Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

    270

    91%

    271

    87%

    280

    89%

    301

    90%

    307

    90%

    Gastroenterology

    447

    94%

    456

    94%

    482

    95%

    492

    92%

    503

    94%

    Geriatric Medicine(3)

    283

    82%

    282

    80%

    296

    86%

    274

    83%

    271

    82%

    Hematology

    376

    86%

    413

    86%

    466

    83%

    427

    84%

    445

    81%

    3868

    83%

    --

    --

    384

    85%

    --

    Critical Care Medicine

    (2)

    Hospice and Palliative Medicine(4)

    --

    --

    --

    Infectious Disease

    348

    96%

    342

    95%

    364

    87%

    361

    88%

    347

    94%

    Interventional Cardiology

    277

    92%

    283

    94%

    311

    92%

    298

    91%

    302

    87%

    Medical Oncology

    544

    89%

    513

    90%

    562

    90%

    562

    88%

    546

    93%

    Nephrology

    421

    86%

    464

    87%

    440

    87%

    434

    80%

    457

    89%

    Pulmonary Disease

    508

    93%

    500

    96%

    544

    87%

    535

    84%

    563

    96%

    Rheumatology

    207

    93%

    196

    90%

    200

    92%

    208

    89%

    205

    94%

    2462

    64%

    --

    --

    349

    90%

    --

    --

    313

    92%

    --

    68

    94%

    --

    74

    96%

    Sleep Medicine

    (5)

    Transplant Hepatology(6)

    --

    --

    --

    --

    (0)

    First administered in 2015. (1) First administered in 2010.


    Starting in 2012, this includes both American Board of Emergency Medicine and ABIM candidates.
    (3)
    Includes both American Board of Family Medicine and ABIM candidates.
    (2)

    (4)

    First administered in 2008. Includes American Board of Anesthesiology, American Board of Emergency Medicine, American Board of Family
    Medicine, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, American Board of Pediatrics, American Board of Physical Medicine and
    Rehabilitation, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, American Board of Radiology, American Board of Surgery and ABIM candidates.
    Candidates could not apply for the exam under the practice pathway starting in 2014.
    (5)

    First administered in 2007. Includes American Board of Family Medicine, American Board of Otolaryngology, American Board of Pediatrics,
    American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, and ABIM candidates. Candidates could not apply for the exam under the practice pathway
    starting in 2013.
    (6)
    First administered in 2006. Includes only ABIM candidates.

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