Maintaining Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine Certification
Emergency Medicine physicians certified in Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine must participate in an ABEM-accepted continuing certification process and pass the UHM MOC Examination every ten years to maintain certification. ABEM believes that physicians who continue to practice Emergency Medicine in addition to their subspecialty should continue to maintain their EM certification.
Personal Page
Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine-certified physicians have an ABEM Personal Page, a secure portal used to perform tasks related to ABEM's continuing certification process.
Sign in to your ABEM personal page
Sign in to:
- Learn your requirements and status, and review completed activities and LLSA test results
- Provide medical licensure information
- Review LLSA readings, as well as register for and take required LLSA tests
- Attest to completion of IMP Practice Improvement activities
UHM MOC Exam
Exam Process
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine MOC Examination is offered on multiple dates throughout the year.
Eligibility
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine MOC Exam is open to UHM-certified physicians in years six through ten of their certification cycle.
Register
To register for the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine MOC Examination, UHM-certified physicians complete the current year’s registration form, which is available from the ABEM office.
The following must be submitted for an application to be complete:
- Completed and signed current-year registration form
- Additional items included in the materials or referred to in the registration form instructions, if applicable
- Registration fee and examination fee in U.S. funds
The registration fee is an administrative fee that covers the cost of reviewing and authorizing the examination registration and submitting that authorization to the board that administers the exam, and cannot be refunded.
By signing the application form, physicians give ABEM permission to verify information submitted.
ABEM emails a receipt when the registration and examination fees are received and a notification when the examination authorization has been sent to the administering board.
Scheduling
Physicians will receive information about how to schedule an appointment to take the exam.
Taking the Exam
The Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine MOC Exam is a two-hour, pencil-and-paper exam, consisting of 100 multiple choice questions administered at various locations in the U.S.
All candidates achieving a final score of 60 or higher will pass the examination.
Content Specifications
The exam outline for the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medicine MOC Examination is available on the ABFM website.
Results
ABEM sends candidates the results of their examination in writing. Results are also posted online.
Clinically inactive physicians must meet all ABEM continuing certification requirements except IMP. UHM-certified physicians must meet one or more ABEM continuing certification requirements before reaching their five-year deadline. To regain status, they must make up missed requirements before the end of their ten-year certification period.
Regaining Certification
UHM-certified physicians who lose their certification will have the opportunity to get it back. Please contact ABEM at 517-332-4800, option 4, or subspecialties@abem.org for more information.