Emergency Medicine

Exam at a glance

Exam fee

The application fee is $420 standard or $840 late, and registration is $960 standard or $1,260 late

Questions on exam

Approximately 305 single-best-answer multiple-choice questions

Duration

The appointment is eight hours, including 6 hours 20 minutes of testing split into two 3 hour 10 minute sessions and a one-hour scheduled break

Validity

Board eligibility generally lasts five years after residency graduation, and certified physicians maintain certification through ABEM continuing certification requirements including MyEMCert modules, professionalism and professional standing, improvement in medical practice, and annual fee obligations

Published exam facts, from the official outline.

What’s on the EM exam

1. Signs, Symptoms and Presentations (10%)
2. Abdominal & Gastrointestinal Disorders (7%)
3. Cardiovascular Disorders (10%)
4. Cutaneous Disorders (3%)
5. Endocrine, Metabolic & Nutritional Disorders (5%)
6. Environmental Disorders (2%)
7. Head, Ear, Eye, Nose & Throat Disorders (4%)
8. Hematologic Disorders (3%)
9. Immune System Disorders (2%)
10. Systemic Infectious Disorders (7%)
11. Musculoskeletal Disorders (Non-traumatic) (3%)
12. Nervous System Disorders (6%)
13. Obstetrics and Gynecology (3%)
14. Psychobehavioral Disorders (2%)
15. Renal and Urogenital Disorders (3%)
16. Thoracic-Respiratory Disorders (7%)
17. Toxicologic Disorders (4%)
18. Traumatic Disorders (9%)
19. Procedures & Skills (8%)
20. Other Components (2%)

Official exam blueprint domains — your practice bank mirrors this outline.