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	An outline of the subject areas covered on the certification examination is included to help candidates prepare for the exam. Candidates should review this outline carefully and focus study on the areas listed. Candidates should be aware that the outline reflects the responses to practice-analysis questionnaires and enables codification of the examination for subsequent analysis of the results. Each question is linked to a specific area of the outline. No question is meant to be obscure or tricky. The percentage of questions in an area conveys the relative importance of each area of the examination. The information in the outline is meant to serve as a study aid only and not as a guarantee of success in taking the certification examination.</p>
<p>
	<b><font size="4">Internal Medicine Classification System </font> </b></p>
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	<tbody>
		<tr>
			<td width="50">
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			<td>
				<div align="center">
					<b>Subject Area </b></div>
			</td>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					<b># of Questions on Exam </b></div>
			</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					1</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Allergy &amp; Immunologies</td>
			<td align="center">
				6</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					2</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Cardiology</td>
			<td align="center">
				25</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					3</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Dermatology</td>
			<td align="center">
				11</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					4</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Endocrinology</td>
			<td align="center">
				15</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					5</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Gastroenterology</td>
			<td align="center">
				20</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					6</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Genetic Disorders</td>
			<td align="center">
				1</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					7</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Hematology</td>
			<td align="center">
				11</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					8</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Infectious Disease</td>
			<td align="center">
				23</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					9</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Nephrology</td>
			<td align="center">
				14</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					10</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Neurology</td>
			<td align="center">
				15</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					11</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Oncology</td>
			<td align="center">
				8</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					12</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Pulmonary and Critical Care</td>
			<td align="center">
				21</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					13</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				Rheumatology</td>
			<td align="center">
				10</td>
		</tr>
		<tr>
			<td>
				<div align="center">
					14</div>
			</td>
			<td align="center">
				General Internal Medicine</td>
			<td align="center">
				20</td>
		</tr>
	</tbody>
</table>
<p>
	<font size="4"><b>Internal Medicine Examination Study References </b> </font><br />
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	You may wish to use the study materials to prepare for the <b>written</b> certification or recertification examinations. The Examinations Committee uses these references to create questions for the examinations.&nbsp;</p>
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