Each year, the American Board of Internal Medicine® reviews and updates the content for the Hospice & Palliative Medicine Board Exams. Then, to help you focus your review, it issues an outline of the primary medical topics and their approximate percentages for a typical exam.
The topics you can expect to see on the 2024 Hospice & Palliative Medicine Certification and Hospice & Palliative Medicine Maintenance of Certification exams are:
| Percent of Exam | Hospice & Palliative Medicine Certification and Maintenance of Certification Board Exam Topics |
|---|---|
| 10% | Prognostication and Natural History of Serious and Complex Illness |
| 20% | Comprehensive Whole-Patient Assessment |
| 40% | Managing Suffering and Distress |
| 5% | Palliative Care Emergencies and Refractory Symptoms |
| 6% | Management of Medical Interventions |
| 3% | Impending Death and the Death Event |
| 2% | Communication Skills |
| 3% | Grief, Loss, and Bereavement |
| 2% | Interdisciplinary Teamwork, Quality, and Professionalism |
| 2% | Quality and Compliance |
| 7% | Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care |
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