Summary
The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM®) certification exam evaluates a general internist's knowledge, diagnostic reasoning, and clinical judgment, particularly their ability to make essential diagnostic and management decisions that affect patient outcomes. The exam features up to 240 multiple-choice questions based on both common and rare clinical cases in the outpatient and inpatient setting, covering diagnosis, testing, treatment, risk assessment, prognosis, epidemiology, and clinically relevant pathophysiology and basic science. The following represents a curated list of topics that may be represented on the examination.
Allergy and Immunology - 2% of exam
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Anaphylaxis
- Aspirin idiosyncrasy: Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease
- Stinging insect hypersensitivity
- Serum sickness
- Desensitization therapy: Drug hypersensitivity reactions
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Asthma
- Acute asthma exacerbations
- Exercise-induced asthma
- Cold-induced asthma: Nonallergic asthma
- Allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis
- Aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease
- Occupational asthma
- Asthma in pregnancy
- Acute asthma exacerbation during pregnancy
- Asthma mimics (including vocal cord dysfunction)
- Rhinitis, sinusitis, and conjunctivitis
- Food allergy
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Urticaria and angioedema
- Hereditary angioedema
- Drug-induced urticaria and angioedema: Drug hypersensitivity reactions
- Other causes of urticaria
- Autoimmune thyroid disease
- Food allergies
- Malignancies, e.g., lymphoma: Non-Hodgkin lymphomas, Hodgkin lymphoma
- Physical urticaria
- Other causes of anaphylaxis
- Contrast-related allergy: Contrast allergy premedication
- Skin disorders
- Drug allergy other than drug-induced urticaria and angioedema: Drug hypersensitivity reactions
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Primary immunodeficiency disorders
- Primary humoral immunodeficiency
- Cellular immunodeficiency other than human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Complement deficiency
- Allergic complications of transfusions
- Autoimmune systemic disorders
Cardiovascular disease - 14% of exam
- Hypertension (5%)
- Coarctation of the aorta
- Pericardial disease
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Ischemic heart disease
- Stable angina pectoris (coronary artery disease)
- Acute coronary syndrome
- ACS complications: Complications of myocardial infarction
- Heart failure from ischemic cardiomyopathy
- Chest pain (noncardiac)
- Other ischemic heart disease
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Dysrhythmias and conduction defects
- Conduction defects: Atrioventricular block
- Bradyarrhythmias
- Tachyarrhythmias
- Other dysrhythmias (cardiac resuscitation)
- Congenital heart disease in adults
- Valvular heart disease
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Myocardial disease
- Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF)
- Cor pulmonale
- Myocarditis
- Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with and without obstruction
- Cardiomyopathy
- Restrictive cardiomyopathy
- Dilated cardiomyopathy
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Acute rheumatic fever
- Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- Undifferentiated myocardial disease, e.g.:
- Endocarditis and other cardiovascular infections
- Vascular disease
- Dissection of the carotid and the vertebral artery
- Carotid artery stenosis
- Aortic dissection
- Thoracic aortic aneurysm
- Abdominal aortic aneurysm
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Renal artery stenosis
- Acute limb ischemia
- Intestinal ischemia
- Pulmonary hypertension and cor pulmonale
- Chronic venous disease
- Superior vena cava syndrome (not due to cancer)
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Syncope
- Reflex syncope (vasovagal and situational)
- Orthostatic hypotension
- Cardiac syncope (structural and electrical)
- Preoperative consultation
- Lipid disorders
- Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease
- Antithrombotic therapy in cardiovascular disease
- Miscellaneous cardiovascular disease
Dermatology - 3% of exam
- Dermatitis (eczemas)
- Dermatologic immunology
- Vascular dermatoses
- Acne and rosacea
- Papulosquamous dermatoses
- Skin and soft tissue infections
- Vesiculobullous dermatoses
- Pigment disorders
- Vitiligo and other hypopigmentation disorders
- Melasma (chloasma)
- Acanthosis nigricans
- Xeroderma pigmentosum
- Photosensitivity dermatoses
- Alopecia
- Nodules and tumors of the skin
- Cutaneous manifestations of nutritional deficiencies
- Disorders of the nails
- Environmental injury of skin
- Pressure injuries: Decubitus ulcers
- Dermatologic emergencies
Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism - 9% of exam
- Adrenal disorders
- Thyroid disorders
- Endocrine causes of secondary hypertension
- Lipid disorders
- Ovarian disorders and female reproductive health
- Testes and male reproductive health
- Diabetes mellitus
- Disorders of calcium metabolism and bone
- Hypothalamic disorders
- Anterior pituitary disorders
- Posterior pituitary and water homeostasis
- Endocrine tumors and endocrine manifestations of tumors
- Hypoglycemia not due to insulinoma
- Polyglandular autoimmune disorders
Gastroenterology - 9% of exam
- Esophageal disease
- Gastroesophageal reflux
- Barrett esophagus
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Esophageal cancer screening
- Esophagogastroduodenoscopy
- See also “Management and surveillance” in Barrett esophagus.
- Esophageal hypermotility disorders
- Achalasia
- Substance-induced esophagitis
- Esophageal diverticula
- Esophageal strictures, esophageal webs
- Gastroesophageal varices
- Infectious esophagitis
- Mallory-Weiss syndrome
- Other esophageal disease
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Stomach and duodenal disease
- Helicobacter pylori infection
- Peptic ulcer disease (other than Helicobacter pylori)
- Gastritis and gastropathy
- Non-ulcer dyspepsia
- Disorders of gastric emptying
- Nausea and vomiting
- Dyspepsia
- Gastrointestinal causes of chest pain
- Small intestinal disease
- Celiac disease
- Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth
- Short bowel syndrome
- Acute mesenteric ischemia
- Crohn disease including Crohn colitis
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Gastroenteritis other than antibiotic colitis
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Diarrhea
- Osmotic diarrhea
- Dumping syndrome
- Bile acid diarrhea
- Nocturnal diarrhea: Inflammatory bowel disease
- Diarrhea as complication of gastric bypass
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Diarrhea
- Malabsorption
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Colonic and anorectal disease
- Colorectal cancer screening
- Colonoscopy
- Hereditary polyposis syndromes and other genetic colon cancer syndromes
- Diverticulitis
- Diverticulosis
- Ulcerative colitis
- Irritable bowel syndrome
- Hemorrhoids
- Anal fissures
- Antibiotic colitis: C. difficile infection
- Acute appendicitis
- Radiation colitis
- Constipation
- Fecal incontinence
- Microscopic colitis
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Pancreatic disease
- Acute pancreatitis
- Chronic pancreatitis
- Cystic fibrosis
- Pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors
- Infections of the pancreas and pancreatic abscess
- Infected necrotizing pancreatitis
- Other pancreatic disease
- Biliary tract disease
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Liver disease
- Viral hepatitis
- Liver abscess
- Cirrhosis
- Complications of advanced liver disease
- Drug-induced liver injury
- Autoimmune hepatitis
- Primary biliary cholangitis
- Jaundice and cholestasis
- Wilson disease
- Pregnancy-associated liver diseases
- Hemochromatosis
- Hepatic vein thrombosis
- Budd-Chiari syndrome
- Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
- Alcohol-associated hepatitis
- Alcohol-related liver disease
- Fulminant liver failure
- Gilbert syndrome
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Hepatocellular carcinoma screening
- Liver transplantation
- Other liver disease
- HIV-associated gastrointestinal complications
- Gastrointestinal hemorrhage
Hematology - 6% of exam
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Hypoproliferative anemia
- Aplastic anemia
- Anemia of chronic disease or organ failure (including kidney failure)
- Iron deficiency anemia
- Sideroblastic anemia
- Megaloblastic anemia
- Lead intoxication
- Hemolytic anemia
- Hemoglobinopathies and thalassemias
- Leukocyte disorders
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Platelet disorders
- Thrombocytopenia
- Idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura
- Qualitative defects of platelet function (drugs only): Antiplatelet agents
- Heparin-induced thrombocytopenia
- Essential thrombocythemia
- Coagulation factor disorders and thrombotic disorders
- Undifferentiated thrombotic disorders
- Porphyria
- Myeloproliferative disorders
- Myelodysplastic syndrome
- Hematologic malignancies
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Transfusion medicine (principles and complications)
- Indications for transfusion: Transfusion
- Complications of transfusions: Transfusion reactions
- HIV-associated hematological complications
- Bone marrow transplantation (late complications only): Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation
- Splenomegaly
- Lymphadenopathy
Infectious disease - 9% of exam
- Skin and soft tissue infections
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Central nervous system infections
- Meningitis
- Brain abscess
- Encephalitis
- Spinal infections
- Iatrogenic and postoperative CNS infections: Neurosurgical device infections
- Undifferentiated central nervous system infection
- Autoimmune encephalitis
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Upper respiratory tract infections
- Acute rhinosinusitis
- Chronic rhinosinusitis
- Acute otitis media
- Otitis externa
- Mastoiditis
- Common cold
- Acute tonsillitis and pharyngitis
- Epiglottitis
- Deep infections of head and neck
- Other upper respiratory tract infections
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Eye infections
- Preseptal cellulitis
- Conjunctivitis
- Keratitis
- Endophthalmitis
- Uveitis/Iritis
- Orbital infections: Orbital cellulitis
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Lower respiratory tract infections
- Acute bronchitis
- Pneumonia
- Lung abscess
- Tuberculosis
- Infections of the pleural space and empyema: Pleural effusion
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Endocarditis and other cardiovascular infections
- Endocarditis
- Infections of the pericardial space: Pericarditis
- Endocarditis prophylaxis
- Suppurative thrombophlebitis
- Catheter-related infections: Vascular device infections
- Device and pocket infections: Cardiac device infections
- Hepatic infections
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Enteric infections
- Infectious esophagitis
- Gastroenteritis
- Infections of the pancreas and pancreatic abscess; Necrotizing pancreatitis
- Bacterial peritonitis
- Intraabdominal abscess other than liver and pancreatic abscess
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Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection
- Transmission and prevention of HIV
- Prevention of opportunistic infections
- Immune reconstitution inflammatory syndrome
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HIV-associated conditions
- HIV-associated neurological complications
- HIV-associated pulmonary complications
- HIV-associated gastrointestinal complications
- HIV-associated hematologic complications
- HIV-associated oncological complications
- HIV-associated rheumatological complications
- HIV-associated cardiovascular complications
- HIV-associated mucosal and mucocutaneous complications
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Sexually transmitted diseases and infections of reproductive organs
- Urethritis
- Genitourinary chlamydia
- Gonorrhea
- Genital ulcers: Overview of genital lesions
- Vulvovaginitis
- Cervicitis
- Epididymitis
- Salpingitis and other infections of female pelvis: Pelvic inflammatory disease
- Syphilis
- Human papillomavirus and anogenital warts
- Undifferentiated sexually transmitted infections
- Urinary tract infections
- Infectious arthritis
- Osteomyelitis
- Bacteremia and sepsis syndrome
- Rheumatic fever
- Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
- Device-related infections
- Intravascular catheter-related bloodstream infections
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Nosocomial infections
- Infection control including isolation
- Hospital-acquired infections and prevention
- Needlestick injury and postexposure prophylaxis
- Undifferentiated nosocomial infections: Management of hospital-acquired infections
- Prevention of infectious disease
- Immunization
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Infection prevention and control including:
- Isolation precautions
- Needlestick injury and postexposure prophylaxis
- Travel-related illness prevention: Overview of travel immunizations
- Other preventions of infectious disease
- Travel-related illness
- Fitness to fly and inflight medical events
- Travelers' diarrhea
- Dengue
- Malaria
- Yellow fever
- Zika virus infection
- Japanese encephalitis
- Tick-borne encephalitis
- Viral hemorrhagic fevers
- Chagas disease
- Brucellosis
- Rabies
- Leishmaniasis
- Typhoid and paratyphoid fever
- Miscellaneous mosquito-borne diseases (Chikungunya)
- Infectious disease outbreaks: Disease outbreak investigation
- Specific causative organisms
- Viral diseases
- Prion diseases
- Rickettsioses and ehrlichioses: Tick-borne diseases
- Bacterial diseases
- Chlamydial infections
- Mycoplasmal diseases
- Mycoses (fungal infections)
- Protozoan and helminthic diseases
- Ectoparasites
- Vector-borne diseases
- Louse-and flea-borne diseases
- Miscellaneous mosquito-borne diseases
- Fever of unknown origin
Miscellaneous - 2% of exam
- Epidemiology
- Interpreting medical evidence
- Statistical analysis of data
- Population health
- Principles of medical law and ethics
- Capacity, competence, and consent
- Ethics of communicating medical information
- Medical professionalism and codes of conduct
- Challenging clinical and ethical scenarios
- Death
- Patient safety
- Quality improvement
- Care of the critically ill patient
- Preventive medicine
- Principles of nutrition
- Palliative care
- Adolescent health care
- Occupational medicine: Work-related conditions
- Substance use disorder
Nephrology and Urology - 6% of exam
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Acute kidney injury
- Prerenal acute kidney injury
- Acute tubular necrosis
- Rhabdomyolysis
- Hepatorenal syndrome
- Disseminated atheroembolism (cholesterol embolization syndrome)
- Other acute kidney injury
- Myeloma-induced kidney disease: Dysproteinemia-associated kidney disease
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Chronic kidney disease
- Renal replacement therapy
- Kidney transplantation
- Strategies to prevent progression of chronic kidney disease: Management of chronic kidney disease
- Undifferentiated chronic kidney disease
- Tubulointerstitial disease
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Glomerular disorders
- Lupus nephritis and glomerulonephritis
- Minimal change disease
- Focal segmental glomerulosclerosis
- Membranous nephropathy
- Membranoproliferative glomerulonephritis
- IgA nephropathy
- Anti-glomerular basement membrane syndrome; Rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis
- Vasculitides
- Nephrotic syndrome
- Nephritis syndrome
- Post-infectious glomerular disorders: Poststreptococcal glomerulonephritis
- Hematuria
- Hypertension (5%)
- Urinary tract infections
- Nephrolithiasis
- Other kidney disorders
- Urologic cancer screening: Prostate cancer screening
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Prostate disorders
- Benign prostatic hyperplasia
- Undifferentiated prostate disorders
- Other urologic disorders
- Testicular torsion
- Scrotal and testicular nodules or masses other than testicular carcinoma: Testicular tumors
- Erectile dysfunction
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Urinary incontinence
- Urinary incontinence in women
- Urinary incontinence in men
- Water and electrolyte balance
- Hypernatremia
- Hyponatremia
- Hypokalemia
- Hyperkalemia
- Hypercalcemia and hypercalciuria
- Hypocalcemia
- Hyperphosphatemia
- Hypophosphatemia
- Hypermagnesemia
- Hypomagnesemia
- Metabolic acidosis
- Metabolic alkalosis
- Respiratory acidosis
- Respiratory alkalosis
- Mixed acid-base disturbance
- Syndrome of inappropriate antidiuretic hormone secretion
- Intravenous fluid therapy
- Electrolyte repletion
- Dehydration and hypovolemia
- Hematuria
Neurology - 4% of exam
- Seizures
- Cerebrovascular disease (without specific diagnosis)
- Other cerebrovascular disease (less common anatomic locations, mechanisms)
- Headache and facial pain
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Nerve root syndromes and mechanical lesions of the spine
- Cervical root disease: Cervical radiculopathy
- Lumbar disc herniation
- Lumbosacral radiculopathy
- Sciatica
- Spinal stenosis
- Peripheral neuropathy
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Cranial neuropathy
- Bell palsy and other facial nerve palsy
- Disorders of eye movement from cranial neuropathy (III, IV, VI): Cranial nerve palsies
- Vestibular neuronitis (acute labyrinthitis)
- Disorders of cerebral function
- Dementia
- Aphasia
- Medical causes of delirium: Delirium etiology
- Movement disorders
- Central nervous system infections
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Central nervous system tumors
- Brain tumors
- Meningioma
- Spinal cord tumors and compression: Spinal cord injuries; Compressive spinal emergencies
- Carcinomatous meningitis
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Diseases of muscle and neuromuscular junction
- Myasthenia gravis
- Lambert-Eaton syndrome
- Polymyositis and dermatomyositis
- Drug-induced myopathy
- Myotonic dystrophy and other inherited myopathies: Progressive muscular dystrophies
- Other diseases of muscle and neuromuscular junction
- Multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases
- Other neurologic disorders
- Neuro-ophthalmology
- Optic nerve disorders, including optic neuritis
- Pupillary abnormalities including anisocoria
- Disorders of eye movement
- Papilledema
- Miscellaneous neurologic disorders
Obstetrics and gynecology - 3% of exam
- Diseases of the vulva and external genitalia
- Breast disorders
- Ovarian disorders
- Uterine disorders
- Vaginal disorders other than vulvovaginitis
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Pregnancy
- Hypertensive pregnancy disorders
- Asthma in pregnancy
- Hyperthyroidism in pregnancy or peripartum period
- Pregnancy-associated liver diseases
- Peripartum cardiomyopathy
- Ectopic pregnancy
- Diabetes mellitus in pregnancy
- Urinary tract infection in pregnancy
- Nutritional deficiencies: Nutrition and weight gain during pregnancy
- Menstrual disorders
- Menopause
- Family planning and reproductive health
- Sexually transmitted diseases and infections of reproductive organs
Medical oncology - 6% of exam
- Lung cancer
- Breast cancer
- Neoplasms of the head and neck
- Gastrointestinal or hepatic cancer
- Esophageal carcinoma
- Stomach cancer
- Colorectal cancer
- Pancreatic carcinoma other than pancreatic endocrine tumors
- Hepatocellular carcinoma
- Gallbladder cancer
- Anal cancer
- Urologic cancer
- Gynecologic cancer
- Bone tumors: Malignant bone tumors
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Central nervous system tumors
- Brain tumors
- Brain metastases
- Meningioma
- Spinal cord tumors and compression: Spinal cord injuries; Compressive spinal emergencies
- Carcinomatous meningitis
- Skin cancer
- Hematologic malignancies
- Soft tissue cancer
- HIV-associated oncological complications
- Cancer of unknown primary
- Cancer prevention
- Smoking cessation
- Carcinogens (e.g., environmental)
- Inherited cancer risk: Overview of cancer screening
- Lifestyle interventions: Primary prevention strategies for adult health
- Oncologic emergencies
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Complications of cancer and its treatment
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Principles of cancer care
- Cancer-related constipation
- Cancer-related diarrhea
- Cancer-related dyspnea
- Cancer-related nausea and vomiting
- Cancer-related pain
- Psychosocial and financial considerations
- Sexual function and fertility in patients with cancer
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Principles of cancer care
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Complications of cancer therapy
- Chemotherapy-related cardiotoxicity
- Complications of cancer immunotherapy
- Dermatologic effects of cancer therapy (alopecia)
- Late effects of cancer therapy
- Myelosuppression from cancer therapy (anemia and thrombocytopenia)
- Pulmonary toxicity of cancer therapy
- Renal toxicity of cancer therapy
- Lymphedema
- Radiation toxicity: Radiation injury
- Paraneoplastic syndromes
- Cancer survivorship
- Cancer surveillance
- Second malignancies
Ophthalmology - 1% of exam
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Conjunctivitis
- Viral conjunctivitis
- Bacterial conjunctivitis
- Allergic conjunctivitis
- Keratoconjunctivitis sicca [dry eyes]
- Undifferentiated conjunctivitis: Overview of conjunctivitis
- Glaucoma
- Cataracts
- Diseases of the cornea
- Corneal abrasion
- Keratitis (infections of the cornea)
- Neuro-ophthalmology
- Optic nerve disorders, including optic neuritis
- Pupillary abnormalities, including anisocoria
- Disorders of eye movement
- Papilledema
- Retinal disease
- Uveitis
- Miscellaneous ophthalmologic disorders
- Episcleritis and scleritis
- Preseptal cellulitis
- Endophthalmitis
- Orbital infections: Orbital cellulitis
Otolaryngology and Dental medicine - 1% of exam
- Disorders of the nose and paranasal sinuses
- Allergic rhinitis
- Acute sinusitis
- Chronic sinusitis
- Disturbances of taste and smell
- Epistaxis
- Diseases of the ear
- Benign paroxysmal positional vertigo
- Vestibular neuronitis and acute labyrinthitis
- Meniere disease
- Acoustic neuroma
- Presbycusis and other hearing loss
- Acute otitis media
- Otitis externa
- Cholesteatoma
- Other disorders of the ear and mastoid
- Diseases of the oral cavity, pharynx, and salivary glands
- Pharyngitis
- Epiglottitis
- Deep neck infections
- Parotid disease
- Diseases of the oral mucosa and the tongue
- Other disorders of the oral cavity, pharynx, or salivary glands
- Diseases of the larynx and airway
Psychiatry - 4% of exam
- Mood disorders
- Eating disorders
- Substance use disorder
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Schizophrenia and delusional (paranoid) disorders
- Complications of drug therapy: Management of complications and comorbidities of schizophrenia
- Delusional disorder, somatic type: Schizophrenia spectrum disorders
- Approach to the agitated or violent patient
- Anxiety disorders
- Somatoform disorders
- Sexual disorders and gender dysphoria
- Sleep disorders
- Factitious disorders
- Personality disorders
- Neuroleptic malignant syndrome
Pulmonary disease - 9% of exam
- Obstructive airway disease
- Occupational and environmental lung disease
- Organic inhalations
- Inorganic inhalations
- Occupational asthma
- High-altitude illness
- Carbon monoxide poisoning
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Restrictive lung disease other than interstitial lung and pleural disease
- Pulmonary complications of obesity
- Chest wall disorders (pectus excavatum, pectus carinatum, scoliosis, kyphosis)
- Neuromuscular disorders
- Undifferentiated restrictive lung disease
- Interstitial lung disease
- Pulmonary vascular disease
- Pleural disease
- Lower respiratory tract infections
- Bronchiectasis
- Congenital lung disease
- Cystic fibrosis
- Alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency
- Acute respiratory distress syndrome
- Lung cancer
- Sleep medicine
- Management of ventilators
- HIV-associated pulmonary complications
- Evaluation of common pulmonary symptoms
- Solitary pulmonary nodule
- Miscellaneous pulmonary disorders
Rheumatology and Orthopedics - 9% of exam
- Crystal-induced arthropathy
- Regional musculoskeletal syndromes
- Back pain
- Shoulder syndromes: Soft tissue lesions of the shoulder
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Elbow syndromes
- Insertional tendinopathies of the upper limbs
- Olecranon bursitis
- Ulnar nerve entrapment
- Wrist and hand syndromes
- Hip pain
- Pelvic pain
- Knee syndromes
- Foot and ankle syndromes
- Bursitis
- Spondyloarthropathies
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Reactive arthritis
- Psoriatic arthritis
- Enteropathic arthritis
- Other spondyloarthropathies: Seronegative spondyloarthropathies
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Rheumatoid arthritis
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Clinical features of RA
- General clinical presentation: Skeletal disease
- Systemic manifestations
- Adverse effects of antirheumatic drugs: Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (prevention and monitoring of adverse effects)
- Other topics in rheumatoid arthritis
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Clinical features of RA
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Systemic lupus erythematosus
- Clinical features of SLE: General clinical presentation
- Specific organ system complications
- Discoid lupus and other cutaneous manifestations: Cutaneous lupus erythematosus
- Drug-induced lupus erythematosus
- Other topics in systemic lupus erythematosus
- Systemic sclerosis
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Vasculitis
- Polyarteritis nodosa
- Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Leukocytoclastic vasculitis
- Large-vessel vasculitis
- ANCA-associated vasculitis
- IgA vasculitis
- Giant cell arteritis
- Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
- Takayasu arteritis
- Microscopic polyangiitis
- Cryoglobulinemic vasculitis
- Cutaneous small-vessel vasculitis
- Other primary rheumatic disorders
- Infectious arthritis
- Metabolic and other bone disease
- Osteoarthritis
- Sports injuries and trauma
- Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease (Hereditary motor sensory neuropathy)
- Mixed connective tissue disease
- Select topics in Rheumatology
Geriatric syndromes - 3% of exam
- Decubitus ulcers (pressure injuries)
- Venous ulcers and chronic wounds
- Overview of palliative medicine (end-of-life and palliative care of the elderly)
- Capacity, competence, and consent (ethics in the elderly)
- Constipation in older adults
- Dysphagia (disorders of swallowing in the elderly)
- Urinary tract infections in older adults
- Urinary incontinence in older adults
- Dementia
- Delirium
- Dizziness and vertigo
- Ophthalmology in older adults
- Cataracts
- Age-related macular degeneration
- Ischemic optic nerve or retinal disease other than giant cell arteritis
- Glaucoma
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Psychiatry in older adults
- Depression in older adults
- Sleep disorders in the elderly; Age-related sleep changes
- Hip fracture in older adults
- Common foot problems in the elderly
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Introduction to geriatrics
- Principles of the geriatric assessment
- Screening for geriatric syndromes
- Neuropsychological assessment in older adults
- Principles of pharmacology for older adults (clinical pharmacology and aging)
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Care settings for older adults
- Home care
- Nursing home care
- Rehabilitation and older adults (acute inpatient rehabilitation facility; skilled nursing facility)
- Epidemiology and aging
- Presbycusis and hearing loss in the elderly
- Older adult abuse (elder mistreatment)
- Sexuality and aging (sexual function in the elderly)