Preparing for the Inservice Exam or In-Training Exam

The Inservice exam also commonly known as the In-Training exam , has been developed and administered by the American Board of Emergency Medicine – ABEM . This comprehensive exam is derived from ABEM’s Model of the Clinical Practice of Emergency Medicine which outlines the scope of the EM specialty. Most EM Residency programs across the country participate in the intraining exam . All resident classes take the same exam which is based on the knowledge and experience that a third year resident should have acquired.

Basic facts about the inservice exam are:

- Approximately 225 questions (200 count towards score and 25 are experimental questions) over 4.25 hours
- Single-best answer multiple-choice questions
- 10-15% of test has pictorial stimulus (separate book with photographs, x-rays, etc, will be provided)
- Usually administered at a location determined by residency program
- Usually on the last Wednesday in February