Key Dates for the Academic Year

December - March

  • Exam registration for Internal Medicine

March - June

  • Exam registration for Subspecialties

August

  • Initial Internal Medicine Certification Examination is administered
  • All residents must finish training on or before August 31st in order to take the initial Internal Medicine Certification examination administered earlier in August of the same year.

October

  • All fellows must finish training on or before October 31st in order to take a Subspecialty examination in the same year.
  • All residents and fellows must first become certified in Internal Medicine to be eligible to take a Subspecialty examination.
  • The Internal Medicine and Subspecialty examinations may not be taken in the same year.