Boards Information
Organizations for Podiatric Board Qualification / Certification
- American Board of Foot and Ankle Surgery (ABFAS)
- Board Qualifying Exam (taken during the spring of your PGY-3 year)
- (1) Forefoot (FF) and (2) Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery (RRA)
- The exam is broken up into a FF and RRA exam, each with two parts, (a) Multiple Choice and (b) Computer Based Patient Simulation (CBPS)
- If you decide to sit for everything, this will mean taking 4 exams total in one seating, 2-hours each (8-hour time, total).
- If you do not pass a section, you must re-take that section (only) during the next exam period.
- Upon passing all four, you are now designated to be "Board Qualified/Eligible."
- The exam is broken up into a FF and RRA exam, each with two parts, (a) Multiple Choice and (b) Computer Based Patient Simulation (CBPS)
- (1) Forefoot (FF) and (2) Reconstructive Rearfoot/Ankle Surgery (RRA)
- Board Certification Exam
- You will have ~7-years to:
- (1) Sit for the CBPS exam for FF and/or RRA (approximately 12 cases for each section)
- (2) Obtain a case load to present to the board which will be reviewed. (CBPS)
- NOTE - You do not have to do each of the two sections (CBPS and Case Review) in the same calendar year
- NOTE - If you do not complete the Board Certification segment within the 7-year timeline, you will need to re-take the Board Qualifying exam, to "qualify" to take the Board Certification exam.
- PASS everything = BOARD CERTIFIED by ABFAS.
- You will have ~7-years to:
- Board Qualifying Exam (taken during the spring of your PGY-3 year)
- American Board of Podiatric Medicine (ABPM)
- Board Qualification Exam
- n/a (discontinued per ABPM website)
- Board Certification Exam
- Two-part Certification exam to achieve ABPM BC status.
- Board Qualification Exam
- Other Boards
MISC Online Resources:
Courses:
Boards Related - On-Line:
Textbooks: (Note - no official DPM study textbook exists from my knowledge; below are some that may be of help)
Resident Education Content:
- Goldfarb Foundation Board Review Course (Philadelphia, PA)
- Midwest Podiatry Conference Surgical Board Review (Chicago, IL)
- Podiatry Institute - Seminars throughout the country; not board specific.
- Stryker Review Course (Chicago, IL - Spring of PGY-3): speak to your local Stryker rep to get you signed-up.
- eMed-Events - List of CME resource events throughout the USA.
Boards Related - On-Line:
- ABFAS - Downloadable exams provided by the boards.
- Boards by Numbers - Multiple choice board review exams ($$$)
- Board Master - CBPS exams (forefoot and rearfoot) ($$$)
- Board Vitals - Multiple exams for with PODIATRY and other specialties such as medicine, orthopedic, and sports medicine ($$$)
- Board Wizards - CBPS exams and multiple choice question ($$$)
- DPMQuestions.com - CBPS exams and multiple choice question ($$$)
- Waterhouse Podiatry Board Review - Online course for CBPS exam and multiple choice questions ($$$)
- AAOS - Store of the AAOS containing self-assessment exams, videos, and more ($$$). An example of the 2012 Foot/Ankle Self-Assessment with Answer Book can be found here.
- OrthoBullets - contains Q-bank and Cases for review.
- MISC
Textbooks: (Note - no official DPM study textbook exists from my knowledge; below are some that may be of help)
- Core Knowledge in Orthopaedics: Foot and Ankle, 2nd ED
- Orthopaedic Knowledge Update: Foot and Ankle 5
- Surgery Podiatry AMPLE Part 2 Rapid Board and Certification Review, 2018 ED
- Boards Books (Part 1-2)
- General Ed Textbooks
- McGlamry's Foot and Ankle Surgery, 5th Ed. Carpenter B (Editor). LLW, 2021.
- Mann's Surgery of the Foot and Ankle, 9th Ed. Saltzman CL (Editor). Elseveir/Mosby, 2013.
Resident Education Content:
- APMA Residency Education Resource Center - APMA REdRC - (membership required)
- Present Podiatry (membership required)
