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New Monthly Notification for MOC Points Earned Expand/Collapse the ABIM alert.

Beginning this fall, ABIM will transition to sending monthly email summaries of CME/MOC points earned instead of immediate notifications. This means you’ll receive fewer emails, while still being able to track your points in real time in your Physician Portal.

ABIM will be closed from 1:00 p.m. Friday, 8/29/25 through Monday, 9/1/25 Expand/Collapse the ABIM alert.

Our offices will re-open on Tuesday, 9/2/25 at 8:30 a.m. ET. For your convenience, you may contact us by email at request@abim.org.

Breadcrumb trail:

Key Dates for the Academic Year

December to April

  • December 1 to April 15: Internal Medicine Initial Certification Registration Period
  • April 16 to April 28: Late Registration Period

December to June

  • December 1 to June 15: Subspecialty Initial Certification Registration Period
  • June 16 to June 28: Late Registration Period

August 

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

October/November

  • Subspecialty initial certification examinations are administered in October and November of each year.
    • All fellows must finish training on or before October 31 in order to take a subspecialty examination in the same year.
  • All residents and fellows must first become certified by ABIM in Internal Medicine to be eligible to take a subspecialty examination.
  • The  Internal Medicine Initial Certification Examination and a subspecialty examination may not be taken in the same year.

For exam dates, visit Certification Exam Information.