AOBIM Internal Medicine study plan
AOBIM Internal Medicine · Give each week a clear focus.
8 weeks · About 6 hours per week
Internal Medicine (initial certification)
Audit baseline knowledge by completing a timed 60-question mixed internal medicine self-assessment and logging percent correct by subspecialty
Rank the top five weakest subspecialty areas from that log and write them as a prioritized study list
Draft a weekly study calendar that reserves two 90-minute blocks plus one 60-minute review block per week
Build a spaced-repetition deck seeded with missed items from the baseline assessment, tagging each by subspecialty
Your checkpoint
A one-page baseline scorecard listing percent correct per subspecialty and a ranked weakness list of five areas
Internal Medicine (initial certification)
Review core cardiology management pathways and summarize each in a single-line decision rule
Work through 40 cardiology-focused questions and write a one-sentence rationale for every missed item
Compare your cardiology accuracy against the week-1 baseline and flag any area still below 60 percent
Add all missed cardiology concepts to the spaced-repetition deck with review intervals set
Your checkpoint
A cardiology error log of at least 40 attempted questions with a written rationale for each miss
Internal Medicine (initial certification)
Review pulmonary, nephrology, and acid-base management pathways and reduce each to key decision points
Complete 50 questions across these three areas under timed conditions
Reconcile every miss against the underlying decision rule to identify the reasoning gap
Update the spaced-repetition deck and retire concepts you now answer correctly twice in a row
Your checkpoint
A timed 50-question block with accuracy percentage recorded and a written reconciliation for each miss
Internal Medicine (initial certification)
Review gastroenterology, endocrinology, and hematology-oncology pathways and summarize decision rules
Complete 50 mixed questions from these areas and log accuracy by subtopic
Identify the two subtopics with the lowest accuracy and schedule targeted review blocks
Re-take a 30-question mixed set drawn only from weeks 1 through 3 to check retention
Your checkpoint
A mid-plan progress report comparing current subspecialty accuracy to the week-1 baseline
Internal Medicine (initial certification)
Review infectious disease, rheumatology, and neurology pathways and summarize decision rules
Complete 50 questions from these areas and write rationales for all misses
Consolidate all prior error logs into a single master weakness list ranked by frequency of misses
Practice 20 questions in a strictly timed format to build pacing discipline
Your checkpoint
A consolidated master weakness list with miss frequency counts across all subspecialties
Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) longitudinal assessment
Map the longitudinal assessment format by outlining how question categories and scoring feedback are structured
Complete two timed 30-question practice blocks simulating the longitudinal assessment cadence
Record accuracy and time-per-question for each block and compare against your target pace
Draft a recurring weekly maintenance routine that fits ongoing practice after the plan ends
Your checkpoint
A written maintenance routine plus a two-block pacing log showing accuracy and time per question
Internal Medicine (initial certification) & Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) longitudinal assessment
Re-attempt every item on the master weakness list and mark each as resolved or unresolved
Complete a timed 60-question mixed block spanning both domains and log accuracy by domain
For unresolved items, write a corrected decision rule and add it to the spaced-repetition deck
Simulate one full-length timed session to rehearse stamina and pacing
Your checkpoint
An updated weakness list showing the resolved-versus-unresolved status of every item
Internal Medicine (initial certification) & Osteopathic Continuous Certification (OCC) longitudinal assessment
Complete a final timed 60-question mixed assessment covering both domains
Compare final accuracy against the week-1 baseline for every subspecialty
Review only unresolved items and high-frequency misses in the final two study blocks
Finalize the post-plan maintenance calendar with weekly review blocks locked in
Your checkpoint
A final scorecard showing per-subspecialty accuracy change from baseline to week 8
Milestones
Week 4: Baseline scorecard is complete and every subspecialty has been reviewed at least once, with mixed-set accuracy at or above the week-1 baseline
Week 6: Two timed longitudinal-assessment practice blocks are logged with time-per-question within target pace and a written maintenance routine drafted
Week 8: Final mixed-set accuracy exceeds the week-1 baseline in a majority of subspecialties and every master-list item is marked resolved or explicitly scheduled for continued review