Take & Pass the Exam
Take & Pass the Qualifying Exam
The QE is administered during one week in the fall each year at over 200 computer-based Pearson VUE testing centers in the United States and Canada. Take the first QE you are assigned to avoid delaying your certification and having additional requirements.
Scoring
Within 90 days of your exam, ABEM will email you to notify you when results are available in your ABEM Portal. The passing score for the Qualifying Exam was last examined in 2019 and was determined to be a score of 77 out of 100.
Statement on Research
ABEM reserves the right to conduct and report research studies of its examinations and its examination data to benefit the specialty and for purposes of quality control and examination development. Individually identifiable candidate information will never be reported as part of the research. Your right to confidentiality will be strictly upheld.
ABEM also reserves the right to include, in any examination, certain questions or cases for the purposes of research and validation. These items will not be used in scoring for certification.
