Advanced EKG Board Certification Exam for
Physicians
This exam was developed specifically for Physicians reading on hospital EKG panels,
Emergency Department Physicians responsible for emergency cardiology cases, and
makes a great preparation for Cardiology Fellows preparing for their Cardiology Boards
Exams hosted by the American Board of Internal Medicine.
Ideal for Medical Professors teaching in Cardiology Fellowship Programs, Physician
Assistants, and Cardiac Nurse Practitioners working in Cardiology arenas.
Advanced EKG Board Certification Study List:
A Master Study List and Diagnostic Sheet Used in Actual Exam Can Be Emailed Upon
request to help you to understand our Advanced EKG Reading Expectations
Pay in our online store with a credit card using a secure network, once you have made
your payment, we will email you an application to sit for the exam. Exams cannot be
processed if the Exam Application is not submitted after the payment is received.
Benefits of Advanced EKG Certification:
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Certified to Read EKGs on a Hospitals EKG Panel
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Demonstrate Advanced EKG Reading Skills to Employers
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Career Advancement
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Potential Income Incentives
Advanced EKG Exam Preparation:
The ABCM provides an Advanced EKG Practice Course and Practice Exam with
answers provided, which you will find in the online Store. You will use the same Master
Diagnostic List provided in this Course and Exam for the actual Advanced EKG Board
Certification Exam.
Advanced EKG Exam Results:
After your exam is completed, the ABCM will grade and issue the results by email if
provided, and then will send the results by mail within three weeks, of the exam
date. And to assist you with further study of Advanced Electrocardiography, the ABCM
will analyze your exam and provide you a list of diagnoses that challenged.
Sample Advanced Question:
Test yourself to see if the Advanced EKG exam is the right level for you by providing a
diagnosis for the arrhythmia in the EKG rhythm strip below, and then see the answer at
the bottom of this page. If you did not get the answer right, you may want to consider
the Emergency EKG Board Certification Exam instead of the Advanced EKG Board
Certification Exam.
Question Number 1
This EKG was taken from a person with known organic heart disease who was
complaining of palpitations. What is your diagnosis?
Question Number 2
This EKG was taken from a person complaining of palpitations. What is your
diagnosis?
Advanced EKG Exam Locations:
The Advanced EKG Board Certification Exams are now available in your home town or
city by proctor. Since travel has become cost prohibitive for many, and time off next to
impossible, the ABCM makes every effort to ensure this vital certification exam is readily
available in your own Hospital or facility.
Advanced EKG Prep Courses Available:
If you are interested in hosting an advanced EKG Prep Course, we recommend you
contact us for help with the planning and work with you to bring the exams to your
doorstep. To start the process call: (352)293-3131 or
email: needinfo@ABCMCertification.com
Why Become Certified in Advanced Electrocardiography:
Most importantly is that physician’s need to demonstrate professional accountability in
their everyday practice which includes reading complicated EKGs.
In this day of high litigation, employment shifting, and Joint Commission accountability,
these Exams are a perfect way to assess EKG reading skills of all physicians on your
hospital EKG panel and your Emergency Physicians receiving cardiac patients with
complicated cardiac arrhythmias.
And, since the electrocardiogram is the single most used test in cardiology, the least
expensive, yet the most often misinterpreted, there has never been a greater need for
standardization of this important diagnostic tool. Prove to yourself and your colleagues
that you have achieved proficiency reading at the advanced level, by taking the ABCM's
Advanced EKG Board Certification Exam.
Several thousand Physicians, Nurses and Technicians on an International scale have
demonstrated their proficiency by passing one or more of the ABCM's EKG Board
Certification Exams.
Advanced EKG Awards Certificate:
The ABCM issues Advanced EKG Awards and Certificates to those achieving a 70% or
higher score on the Exams. These frameable Awards Certificates are good for a threeyear renewable period with proof of 30 continuing medical education hours in
Electrocardiography or any related topic every three years, and by paying the renewal
fee of $125 USD. You may renew in our online store or in the mail with a check or
money order.
History and the Need:
One of our Founders, Dr. Henry J. L. Marriott developed the first Advanced EKG Panel
Reader’s Exam in 1969. Dr. Marriott personally assisted us in developing a new
Advanced Certification Exam in 1992. Prior to these developments, there were no
standards with which to measure the competency of a physician whose professional
role demands s/he be proficient in reading electrocardiograms both simple and
complex.
At about the same time, the Marriott Heart Foundation, under the direction of the late
Dr. Henry Marriott, and Jonni Cooper expanded the EKG Exam service to meet the
needs of five levels of cardiovascular professionals to include physician's assistants,
nurse practitioners, cardiac nurses, and technicians. They later turned the exams over
to the American Board of Cardiovascular Medicine for delivery and management.
Answer to Sample Advanced Questions:
Question Number 1: This is an example of a rapid atrial fibrillation with right bundle
branch block aberration. It would be easy to call the positive wide QRS complex
patterns ventricular in origin, but they have the distinctive feature of the rSr’ pattern
suggestive of right bundle branch block.
Question Number 2: This is an example of either AV nodal reentrant tachycardia or an
orthodromic tachycardia. There is also electrical alternans present. It would be prudent
to send this patient for EP studies to determine which is the case.
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