Certification Requirements
Candidates for the ABEM Certification Examination must meet the following requirements:
- Board certified through ABPN, ABPMR, AOBN, or AOBPMR (or a Canadian equivalent)
- Four or more months of EDX training during a residency and/or fellowship program
- Completed 200 EDX studies (up to 50 may be observed) during training
- Eight or more months of independent experience and/or additional supervised training beyond the initial 4 months
- Completed 100 EDX studies during independent experience
See the information below for further details on each of these requirements.
Candidates must meet eligibility requirements for the year in which the examination is taken, regardless of prior approval. Eligibility does not carry over automatically from year to year.
Certification by Primary Board
EDX Training
Independent Experience
*Full-time equivalent
One month of full-time equivalent is defined as 160 hours divided among:
- Performing or observing clinical neuromuscular evaluations/assessments or electrodiagnostic studies.
- Reading articles and books pertaining to the basic and clinical sciences of electrodiagnostic medicine.
- Participating in classes, research seminars, case conferences and journal clubs associated with the basic and clinical sciences of electrodiagnostic medicine.
Please note: ABEM staff are not able to confirm eligibility or presumed eligibility via phone or email prior to an application being submitted. In order to find out if you are eligible, you must apply for the exam so that official processes can be followed for determining eligibility. $850 of the examination fee will be refunded to those not eligible and those without the necessary documentation and references.
Board Eligibility
The ABEM, in accord with the policy of the ABMS, does not recognize or use the term “board eligible” and does not issue statements concerning “board eligibility.” The Board informs an applicant of admissibility to examination only when the applicant has an active, approved application on file in the ABEM Executive Office.