Instructions and Help for ABPM Online Application
The online application has been tested and found to work well with Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0, 5.5, and 6.0 and with Netscape 4.7, 6.2, and 7.1. You must have cookies enabled on your browser to use the online application. You at least need "per session" cookies enabled. This type of cookie is not stored on your computer after you close your browser. Cookies are required to keep track of who you are and allow you to move from screen to screen without having to provide your login information for each page. To enable cookies in Internet Explorer versions 5.0 or 5.5 go to Tools | Internet Options | Security | Custom Level. Scroll down to the Cookies section and click "Enable" for the option to "Allow per-session cookies (not stored)". To enable cookies in Internet Explorer version 6.0 go to Tools | Internet Options | Privacy and use the slider bar to set the privacy level at "Low" or "Accept All Cookies". To enable cookies in Netscape 4.7 go to Edit | Preferences | Advanced and click on either "Accept all cookies" or "Accept only cookies that get sent back to the originating server". To enable cookies in Netscape 6.2 or 7.1 to to Edit | Preferences | Privacy & Security (double-click on it) and click on either "Enable all cookies" or "Enable cookies for the originating web site only".
The online application will guide you through the entry of all the information necessary to complete the application forms. As you progress through the online application certain answers will result in a different flow through the process. For example, if you select the Alternate Pathway you will see different screens than if you select the Residency Pathway.
On the page that asks about your medical school please be aware that all accredited US, Canadian, and Puerto Rican medical schools are on the list along with many foreign medical schools. If you are certain that your medical school is not on the list, then you will have an option to add it. This same feature is available for your post-graduate school and your post-graduate degree. Please do not add graduate schools or degrees unless you are certain that yours is not listed already.
It will help you if you have the following information available when you are using the online application process:
- If you submitted a previous application, the year it was submitted
- The name(s) and year(s) of previous ABMS board certification
- The date (year) of graduation from medical school
- The license number of all state medical licenses you hold
- The dates (month and year) of your clinical year of training
- The board certification of the physicians you are using for letters of reference
- The year of completion of your MPH (or equivalent) degree and the names and course numbers of the four core courses
- The dates of attendance (month and year) and the year of completion of your practicum residency training
- The title of the position, organization, dates and description of activities for each practice experience you will use to meet practice requirements (if applicable)
You may leave the online application at any time and come back to it later. Please click the Logout link in the upper right corner when you leave the site.
If you have questions or problems please send an email to the Board office or call us at (312) 939-2276.