Exam Dates and Locations

Initial Certification Exams

The ABR administers exams for each of its specialties and subspecialties. Exams are administered remotely; for more information, please click here.

  

2022

Description	Date	Location	Application Period	Registration Opens
MP Part 3 Certifying Oral Exam	October 21-221	Remote	N/A	July 2022

¹Seating for this event is limited. All disciplines can test on October 21. The October 22 exam is for therapeutic medical physics only.

  

2023

At the request of the Society of Directors of Academic Medical Physics Programs (SDAMPP), the ABR will return the Medical Physics Part 1 Qualifying Exam to August starting next year. In 2023, the ABR will offer Part 1 in January and August. Beginning in 2024, the exam will be offered only in August.

Description	Date	Location	Application Period	Registration Opens
MP Part 1 Qualifying Exam	January 12	Remote	August 1 - September 30	October 2022
MP Part 3 Certifying Oral Exam	Week of April 16	Remote	N/A	December 2022
MP Part 1 Qualifying Exam	August 2	Remote	February 1 - March 30	May 2023
MP Part 2 Qualifying Exam	August 3	Remote	December 1 - January 31	May 2023
MP Part 3 Certifying Oral Exam	Week of September 181	Remote	N/A	June 2023

¹Seating for this event is limited.

 

MOC Exam

Please note: Beginning in 2018, medical physics diplomates who need to take a traditional MOC Exam will take the Medical Physics Part 3 (Oral) Exam.