ID Board Review/Exam Content, Categories and Structure

This page is dedicated to describing and listing the basic structure and contents of the ABIM ID Certification Exam, as well as providing information pertaining to the exam. Exam Content and Categories +2022 ABIM ID Certification Exam Contenthttps://www.abim.org/Media/mucpauyz/infectious-disease.pdfMedical Content CategoryPercentage of ExamBacterial Diseases27%Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Infection15%Antimicrobial Therapy9%Viral Diseases7%Travel and Tropical Medicine5%Fungi5%Immunocompromised Host (Non-HIV Infection)5%Vaccinations4%Infection Prevention and Infection Control5%General Internal Medicine, Critical Care Medicine and Surgery18% As the table shows, there is an emphasis on diagnosing and managing bacterial diseases, HIV infections, antimicrobial therapies, as well as ID management of Internal Medicine, Critical Care, and Surgery patients. On the other hand, viral diseases, travel/tropical medicine, fungi, non-HIV immunosuppression, vaccinations, Infection Prevention (IP) and Infection Control (IC) only account for 31% of the exam. As such, this book will first focus on the high yield topics that account for almost 70% of the exam, then on the lower yield topics. Exam Pass Rates The majority of physicians who sit for the ID certification exam pass. However, there has been a noticeable decrease in the pass rate for 2020, and 2021. This decrease in the pass rate may have been related to the COVID-19 pandemic, as many other subspecialties had a similar decrease in pass rate over the same time period.https://www.abim.org/Media/yeqiumdc/certification-pass-rates.pdf +Infectious Diseases 2017-2021 First-Time Taker Pass Rateshttps://www.abim.org/Media/yeqiumdc/certification-pass-rates.pdfExam20172018201920202021Infectious Diseases339 (97%)338 (98%)362 (98%)364 (94%)372 (92%) Prefaces i Title Page ii Book Introduction and Disclaimer iii Book Table of Contents iv Exam Content, Categories and Structure v Page Formats