American Board of Internal Medicine Certification (ABIM Board Certification) Syllabus

American Board of Internal Medicine Certification (ABIM Board Certification) covers 8 subjects: Cardiovascular Disease, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine, Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Nephrology & Electrolyte Disorders, Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism, Hematology & Oncology, Infectious Disease, Rheumatology & Immunology and General Internal Medicine, Neurology & Geriatrics. Together they contain 36 chapters and 152 named topics.

The full American Board of Internal Medicine Certification (ABIM Board Certification) outline breaks down into 36 chapters, 152 topics and 48 sub-topics. Cardiovascular Disease is the largest single subject with 22 topics across 5 chapters.

Roughly 125 hours for one full pass. That estimate allows about 45 minutes per topic plus 12 minutes per sub-topic, so it is first-pass coverage — revision, past papers and mock tests sit on top of it. At 3 hours a day that is about 6 weeks.

Yes — 442 question-and-answer flashcards across 8 decks, one per subject, written against this syllabus. A sample of every deck is readable on this site for free, and the complete decks are in the Examius app.

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