Course Details

The ACPM Preventive Medicine Board Review Course provides the only comprehensive framework for review and preparation for the American Board of Preventive Medicine (ABPM) certification examination.  The course is aligned, in both content and emphasis with the ABPM Study Guide.  For participants not preparing for the exam, the course is a valuable opportunity to update and refresh knowledge of preventive medicine and earn continuing medical education (CME) credits. 

At the conclusion of the course, participants will be able to:

  • Define the content areas of the specialty of preventive medicine.

  • Understand and apply the fundamental principals and concepts of biostatistics and epidemiology to the practice of preventive medicine.

  • Identify gaps in personal knowledge, understanding and application of the methods and content of preventive medicine.

  • Effectively prepare for the certifying examination in preventive medicine.

Topics Include:

  • Health Services Management (Systems-based Practice)

  • Epidemiology (including problem-solving session)*

  • Biostatistics (including problem-solving session)*

  • Clinical Preventive Medicine

  • Behavior and Mental Health

  • Environmental

  • Infectious Disease

  • Public Health Law

Breakout sessions for review of your specialty include:

  • Aerospace Medicine review includes coverage of the flight environment, clinical aerospace medicine, operational aerospace medicine and management & administration.
     

  • Occupational Medicine review includes disability management and work fitness, workplace health and surveillance, hazard recognition, evaluation and control, clinical occupational medicine, occupational health program management, environmental health and risk assessment and toxicology.
     

  • Public Health/General Preventive Medicine review includes health services administration and areas of environmental health, biostatistics, epidemiology, clinical preventive medicine, public health law and medical economics relevant to the PH/GPM specialty examination.

In addition, a luncheon presentation by ABPM including background on development of the exam, scoring process and re-certification with time allotted for Q&A will be part of the program.

For question about the 21st Annual Board Review Course, please contact Haydee Barno, CMP, at 202.466.2044 x103 or via email at hbarno@acpm.org

Please note: ACPM Board Review Course is a study guide. ACPM faculty for this course does not know the questions on the exam. The questions of the ABPM exam are updated yearly by ABPM and are confidential. If you have any questions about the dates of the exam or the exam itself please contact ABPM directly at  www.abprevmed.org