Stay certified in
Sports Medicine
Recertification Exam
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Dates & Fees |
| Exam Dates |
Summer Exam: July 8 – 12, 2025 Fall Exam: November 10 – 18, 2025 (Offered twice each year) |
| Application & Registration Window |
Summer Exam: February 3 – 11:59 p.m. on May 28, 2025 Fall Exam: July 7 – 11:59 p.m. on October 8, 2025 |
| Exam Fee* | $1,950 |
Emergency Medicine (EM) and Internal Medicine (IM) physicians certified in Sports Medicine must participate in a Sports Medicine continuing certification process and pass the Sports Medicine Recertification Examination every ten years.
Continuing Certification Process
Get Started
Sign in to your ABEM Portal to:
- Learn your requirements and status
- Provide medical licensure information
- Review LLSA readings, register for and take required LLSA tests, and view test results
- Attest to completion of IMP Practice Improvement activities
- Register for your Sports Medicine Recertification Examination
To renew certification, clinically active physicians must meet all Sports Medicine continuing certification requirements. Clinically inactive physicians must meet all Sports Medicine continuing certification requirements except IMP.
Register & Schedule
The Sports Medicine Recertification Examination is offered twice each year, in the summer and fall. You can take the examination in years six through ten of certification.
To register, pay the exam fee in your ABEM Portal.
Once registered, ABEM will forward your examination authorization to the ABFM who will contact you with information on how to schedule your exam appointment.
Content & Results
About the Sports Medicine Recertification Exam:
- Approximately half-day, computer-based, multiple-choice exam
- Administered at Prometric testing centers.
- View the ABFM website for more information
Once ABFM releases your exam score to ABEM, we will inform you via email. Results will also be posted in your ABEM Portal.
