Setting the highest certification standards for psychiatrists and neurologists since 1934

Test Administration

Certification examinations

  • All certification and continuing certification exams are administered under secure, proctored, standardized test conditions.
  • Exam data are delivered electronically to the ABPN.

Article-Based Continuing Certification (ABCC) examinations

  • Committee chairs review all finalized questions to determine if there are any changes.
  • ABPN staff upload questions to our online exam server. Editing staff proof all items a final time before setting them to live status.
  • Questions are activated as live early in any given year.