Important Notices

Applications for Certification in Hospice and Palliative Medicine - New deadline June 1, 2008 LATE FEE WAIVED - APPLY NOW!

The application deadline and late application deadline for the Neurology and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology examinations for November 10-14, November 17-21, 2008, have been changed to March 1, 2008, and the late deadline to April 1, 2008. After March 1, 2008, but before the late deadline of April 1, 2008, add late fee.

Revised Psychiatry Clinical Skills Evaluation forms are available on the Forms page of this web site. Click here to download the CSV v1, CSV v2, Instructions, and Criteria for Approval of other forms.

Sleep Medicine Candidates: Sleep staging and the scoring and interpretation of sleep studies are important clinical skills to be assessed in the Sleep Medicine Examination; however, the November 2007 exam will not require candidates to make distinctions based on differences between former scoring rules (i.e., Rechtschaffen and Kales) and the scoring rules in the recently released American Academy of Sleep Medicine Manual for Scoring of Sleep and Associated Events. In exam questions related to sleep staging, both the old and the new nomenclatures are used to identify sleep stages, as in stage I (N1), for example.

Please note deadline changes:
The application deadline and late deadline for the 2008 MOC in Psychiatry Examination have been changed to October 1, 2007 and November 1, 2007, respectively.

Please note deadline changes:
The application deadline and late deadline for the 2008 MOC in Neurology/Child Neurology Examinations have been changed to November 1, 2007 and December 1, 2007, respectively.

Revised Fee Schedule - The fee schedule in the Information for Applicants for Initial Certification in Psychiatry publication listed the reexamination fee incorrectly. The fee schedule was corrected in the IFA on July 27, 2007.

Neuromuscular Medicine Subspecialty
for diplomates in Neurology and Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology. The certification examination will be offered by the ABPN biennially (every two years). The first examination will be offered on September 8-12, 2008. Applications will be available online late fall 2007.

Candidates for the 2007 Initial Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - a paragraph was erroneously omitted from the 2007 Information for Applicants booklet. Please read this paragraph: Candidates who sit for the computer examination but do not graduate from training by June 30, 2007, will have their examination scores invalidated. Such candidates are required to submit a new application form, and pay the application fee and examination fee.

Sleep Medicine Subspecialty
The ABPN Training and Credential Requirements Publication for Sleep Medicine.
Click here for the ABIM content outline.
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc. (ABPN), with the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), and the American Board of Otolaryngology (ABOTO), was authorized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), to offer an examination in Sleep Medicine. Representatives from all four Boards developed and set the standards for the new examination. Each participating/sponsoring board established admission criteria for their own diplomates. The ABIM has administrative responsibility for development of the examination that will be open to diplomates in psychiatry, neurology, neurology with special qualification in child neurology, internal medicine, pediatrics, or otolaryngology.

Canadian Reciprocity program extended to 2012. Physicians entering residency training in psychiatry or neurology (PGY-2) on or after July 1, 2001, or child neurology (PGY-3) on or after July 1, 2002, may apply to the ABPN for examination ONLY if they:
1. Complete their training in a Canadian program accredited by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
AND
2. Achieve certification by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.
AND
3. Possess an unrestricted license to practice medicine in a Canadian province.

2007 Description of Part I publication
Booklet includes the content outlines for Initial Certification (Part I) in Neurology, Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology and Psychiatry Examinations.

Credit Card Payments
The ABPN accepts payment by Visa or MasterCard credit cards. Payments must be accompanied by the proper documentation. Click here for the ABPN Credit Card form.

Neurology - Clinical Skills Evaluation during Residency Training
The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) mandates that demonstration of clinical skills competency is a basic requirement in order to apply for certification in the specialties of neurology and neurology with special qualification in child neurology. Competency in these skills should be achieved during residency. At the time a resident is applying for admission to the ABPN certification examination, the Board will require written attestation from the training program directors that the resident/candidate has successfully completed five required clinical evaluations.
The ABPN anticipates that training program directors will be able to input data regarding clinical evaluations via a web-based tracking program by the first quarter of 2007. Residents will be able to view their data and track their progress in completing the evaluations. Please check here for the most up-to-date communication regarding this and other important Board information.
Two forms (NEX v.1 and NEX v.2) and an instructional guide for use in performing the Neurology Clinical Evaluation Exercise during residency are located on the Forms page on the ABPN web site.
Other forms may be approved for use by the ABPN. If you are interested in submitting a neurology training program evaluation form for approval, please email to questions@abpn.com, fax to 847-945-1146, or mail to the Board office.

Psychiatry Part II Examination changes beginning in May 2006 explained here.

Frequently Asked Questions Regarding ABPN Computer-Based Testing
Download these FAQs to obtain valuable information on registration and admission information for ABPN examinations at Pearson VUE testing centers.

National Resident Matching Program
Click here for information concerning the resident lawsuit against the NRMP and others.

Extension of Temporary Criteria for Certification in the Subspecialty of Neurodevelopmental Disabilities
In September 2003, the American Board of Medical Specialties extended the time period for the temporary criteria for certification in the subspecialty of neurodevelopmental disabilities (NDD) through the 2007 examination.

In addition to meeting licensure requirements, applicants must be certified in neurology with special qualification in child neurology and must meet one of the three sets of temporary requirements:

Satisfactory completion of 24 months of formal training in NDD acceptable for subspecialization in NDD.

After the 2007 examination, candidates applying for examination must complete ACGME-accredited residency training in NDD.

Questions regarding credentials should be directed to the ABPN's Credentials Department at questions@abpn.com.

NDD APPLICANTS - SPECIAL NOTICE:
If you have Board certification in pediatrics only (rather than in neurology with special qualification in child neurology), you MUST apply for certification in NDD through the American Board of Pediatrics. The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology CANNOT accept your application.

ABPN Psychiatry and Neurology Core Competencies Publications
Two books that define core competencies in psychiatry and neurology are available to order.
1) Core Competencies for Psychiatric Practice: What Clinicians Need to Know
A Report of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Inc.
Edited by: S. Scheiber, MD, T. Kramer, MD, S. Adamowski, EdD
"If you have heard the words 'core competencies' and aren't quite sure what they mean, help is on the way. This timely book describes the history, the present state and future directions of the core competency movement in medicine, with particular attention to psychiatry."
2003 • 192 pages • ISBN 1-58562-112-9 • quality paperback • $29.00 • Item #62112
American Psychiatric Publishers, Inc.
To order visit www.appi.org and enter the title in the search section.

Telephone Orders:
(800) 368-5777 or (703) 907-7322

Fax Orders:
(703) 907-1091

2) Core Competencies for Neurologists: What Clinicians Need to Know
A Report of the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Inc.
Edited by: S. Scheiber, MD, T. Kramer, MD, S. Adamowski, EdD
Here's the only book to define the new core competencies revolutionizing neurology certification and recertification. Written and sponsored by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology (ABPN), it spells out all of the knowledge needed to achieve and maintain professional certification.
Butterworth/Heinemann • 149 pages • ISBN 0-7506-7465-2 • hard cover • $39.95
Visit www.us.elsevierhealth.com and type the title of the book in the Quick Search box, or you can address your orders to:

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