For the subspecialty of Brain Injury Medicine (BIM), the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR) is the primary administrative Board; in other words, the ABPMR develops and administers the assessments for BIM. The ABPN is responsible for credentialing applications for our diplomates, and for issuing certifications for diplomates who qualify by passing the BIM assessments. Please also note that the ABPN’s Article-Based Continuing Certification (ABCC) pathway is not available for BIM since we are not the primary administrative Board for BIM.
Important Information for All ABPN Diplomates Currently Certified in Brain Injury Medicine:
Per ABPMR policy, all BIM-certified diplomates must participate in the BIM Longitudinal Assessment (LA-BIM) to fulfill the Assessment component of your continuing certification requirements for your BIM certification.
In 2024, the LA-BIM replaced the Continuing Certification (CC) Examination as the assessment requirement for continuing certification. ABPN diplomates are expected to participate in LA-BIM, via your LA-BIM dashboard through your ABPMR portal account, to fulfill the Assessment requirement to continue certification in Brain Injury Medicine. Now the ABPMR BIM Re-Entry Examination is only available for those diplomates who do not meet the LA-BIM performance standard or whose certification is currently expired and the application for the BIM re-entry exam will only be available upon request.
All Brain Injury Medicine certified diplomates must participate in the LA-BIM to continue their certification, regardless of certification end dates or when they last took the Brain Injury Medicine examination.
ABPN Brain Injury Medicine diplomates are required to answer questions quarterly every year through their LA-BIM dashboard. Early and continued quarterly participation in LA-BIM will allow an easier path to successful participation in the ongoing Brain Injury Medicine longitudinal assessment.
If you have more questions about your Brain Injury Medicine certification please view the FAQs here or for more details on the LA-BIM format, visit the ABPMR website.
If you still have any questions OR if you need another email with instructions on how to Enroll in the Brain Injury Medicine Longitudinal Assessment, please contact the ABPN at questions@abpn.org.
Please check the Exam Schedule for the next offering of the Brain Injury Medicine Continuing Certification Examination.
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