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INFORMATION FOR THE AMERICAN OSTEOPATHIC BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
2017 SUBSPECIALTY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM IN INFECTIOUS DISEASE
This information sheet has been produced by the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine for use by
Diplomates who are applying for certification in Infectious Disease. The purpose of this document is to provide
general information concerning the Infectious Disease Examination and instructions for completing the
application.
Certification in Infectious Disease is a program for certified internal medicine specialists, designed to recognize
excellence among those who provide care in this subspecialty field. The program has two components:
A.
Satisfactory completion of two years of an AOA approved residency fellowship program in Infectious
Disease.
B.
Successful performance on a comprehensive, one-day written/clinical examination.
Prerequisites:
Internists must be certified by the AOA, through the American Osteopathic Board of Internal Medicine, in internal
medicine and complete a 24-month AOA approved program in the subspecialty. The following documents must
be submitted with the application:
A.
Copy of the fellowship training certificate(Must be submitted by August 1);
B.
Completion of the Program Director's report form by the subspecialty Program Director (form is found on
website);
C.
Active membership in the AOA at the time of application and at the time of examination (AOA
membership will be verified by the AOBIM).
D.
ACOI/AOA approval of the subspecialty training must be verified before certification is completed. For
those applicants in ACGME training application must be made with the AOA for AOA approval of training
prior to submitting the application. If you have received a letter from the ACOI or AOA stating your
"Program is Complete" enclose a copy of that letter with your application.
THE EXAMINATION:
General Description:
This examination will be a computer-based one-day examination consisting of multiple-choice questions of the
"one best answer" type and matching type items. There will be a total of 300 items on the examination which
will be administered at 300 Prometric testing sites. The Infectious Disease Subspecialty Examination will
cover the broad aspects of infectious disease that internists practicing in infectious disease are expected to
know. The major emphasis in this examination will be:
The various infectious diseases seen in the United States, as well as travelers from the tropical areas of
the world including history, physical, laboratory studies, diagnosis and therapy; an understanding of
antibiotics including indications, side effects, excretion and toxicity; laboratory workup for diagnosis of
infectious disease agents including bacteriology, virology, mycology, parasitology, serology and antibiotic
drug levels.
Clinical situations involving diagnosis, etiology, prognosis and natural history of the disease, and management
will be stressed. There will be clinically oriented questions with case history data included. In some of these
case histories you may be asked to interpret visual material printed in the examination, which may include:
Body fluids with gram stains, acid fast stains, silver stains, direct fluorescent stain, and India ink stains;
x-rays, CT scans, brain scans, tissue biopsy material, gross pathology specimens and physical findings.
Infectious Disease Blueprint
Content Area
Basic principles of Infectious Disease
Antimicrobial agents/antifungal/antiviral agents
Vaccines
Epidemiology
Infection control/nosocomial
Sepsis
Respiratory infections
FUO/fever
Gastrointestinal
Hepatitis and other infections of liver
Genitourinary infections
Cardiovascular infections
Central nervous system infections
Soft tissue infection
Bone and joint infection
Trauma/burn-related infections
HIV
Sexually transmitted diseases
Tuberculosis
Pathogens (specific microorganisms)
Helminthic/protozoan/spirochet/rickettsial
organisms
Fungal infections
Laboratory testing
TOTAL
*approximate percentages
% on Exam*
4
12
2
3
3
4
4
3
4
4
2
4
5
3
2
1
8
4
4
6
10
6
2
100%