American Board Examination in Community Medicine

American Board Examination in Community Medicine

The البورد الأمريكي Examination in Community Medicine is a key certification that evaluates physicians’ ability to promote public health, implement preventive strategies, and manage healthcare at the community level.

Community Medicine

• Duration:3 Hours
• Exam Code:SCO6012
• Number of Questions:150
• Passing Score:65%

Exam Coverage:

• Epidemiology.
• Preventive Medicine.
• Biostatistics and Research Methods.
• Health Care Management.
• Health Informatics.
• Health Education and Communication.
• Maternal and Child Health Care.
• School Health.
• Nutrition.
• Elderly Health Care.
• Mental Health.
• Health Care for Special Needs.
• Occupational Health.
• Principles and Elements of Primary Health Care.
• Ethics and Legal Aspects of Community Medicine.
• Environmental Health.
• International Health.

Recommended References:

1. Last JM (Ed.)– A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 4th Edition. Oxford University Press, New York, 2000
    (Translated into French, Chinese, Japanese, Farsi, Serbian, Russian, Slovakian between 2001–2006)
2. Pencheon D., Guest C., Melzer D., Muir Gray JA (Eds.)– Oxford Handbook of Public Health Practice, 1st Edition (Reprinted 2003). Oxford University Press, New York

Park K. – Park’s Textbook of Preventive and Social Medicine, 18th Edition. M/s Banarsidas Bhanot Publishers, India, 2005