Examination Dates: August 2009 (exact dates TBD)	Application Deadline: November 28, 2008
	Examination Location: Thomson Prometric

Training Requirements for Certification

Individuals seeking ABMG certification must fulfill all of the requirements for certification, as detailed in this document. Individuals who hold doctoral degrees earned outside of the US, Canada, or Puerto Rico or who underwent medical training outside of the US, Canada, or Puerto Rico, may need to meet additional requirements.

1. Doctoral Degree Requirements [by area of specialty]:
    

   Clinical Genetics:	MD or DO
   Clinical Cytogenetics:	MD, DO, or PhD*
   Clinical Biochemical Genetics:	MD, DO, or PhD*
   Clinical Molecular Genetics:	MD, DO, or PhD*

   
   * Note: PhD must be in genetics, human genetics, molecular biology, or a related field, as determined by ABMG.
    

    

2. Training Requirements for Clinical Genetics:

    

   • 24 months of satisfactorily completed full-time training in an ACGME-accredited residency program in a specialty other than clinical genetics that is recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS), e.g., pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, etc., and an additional 24 months of satisfactorily completed full-time training in an ACGME-accredited clinical genetics residency training program;
     
     OR
      

   • 48 months of satisfactorily completed full-time training in an ACGME-accredited 4-year clinical genetics residency. Note that the 48 months of training will satisfy both the graduate medical training requirement and the medical genetics residency training requirement;
     
     OR
      

   • 60 months of satisfactorily completed full-time training in an ACGME-accredited combined residency such as pediatrics/medical genetics, internal medicine/medical genetics, or obstetrics and gynecology/medical genetics. Upon successful completion of all the requirements of the combined residency, a trainee is qualified to apply for certification by either or both the ABMG and (for example) the American Board of Pediatrics (ABP), the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM), or the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology (ABOG). Applicants must satisfactorily complete the specific credentialing requirements of each board to be eligible to sit for the examination of each board. Certification in one specialty is not contingent upon certification in the other specialty.
      

3. Training Requirements for Laboratory Specialties [Clinical Biochemical, Clinical Cytogenetics, and Clinical Molecular Genetics]:

   24 months of satisfactorily completed full-time training in an ABMG-accredited laboratory genetics training program.

   
    

4. Training Requirements for Additional ABMG Specialty:

    

   For Laboratory Specialty [Clinical Biochemical, Clinical Cytogenetics, and Clinical Molecular Genetics]: Additional 12 months of completed full-time training in an ABMG-accredited fellowship program in the area of specialty.
    

   For Clinical Genetics: Please refer to the requirements detailed above in item B.
    

   Table 1: Number of months of completed ABMG-approved medical genetics training necessary per number of ABMG specialty certifications being sought.
    

   Number of ABMG specialty certifications*	Corresponding amount of required and completed ABMG-approved medical genetics training
   1	24 months
   2	36 months
   3	48 months
   4	60 months

   
   * Note: Certification in Clinical Genetics always requires 24 months of completed training in an ACGME-accredited clinical genetics residency.