Practise Geriatric Medicine Certification Examination with a short sample and answer explanations. These are independent learning materials, not official exam questions or a pass prediction.
Exam outline and official sources
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) · Current linked ABIM Certification Examination (CERT) blueprint, dated August 2026, verified on 2026-10-11. No separate effective date is stated in the PDF. The workbook label 'ABIM - Subspecialty in Geriatric Medicine' maps to the official Geriatric Medicine Certification Examination; the assigned canonical slug is preserved.
This original 20-question sample covers selected topics across the outline. It does not reproduce official exam questions or cover every tested topic.
- Geriatric Medicine Blueprint — Certification Examination (CERT), August 2026
- ABIM Blueprints
- Register, Prepare and Take Your Subspecialty Certification Exam — Geriatric Medicine
- ABIM Geriatric Medicine Certification Policies
- ABIM Expanded Blueprints
- Cochrane Handbook, Chapter 15: Interpreting results and drawing conclusions
- CDC STEADI: Measuring Orthostatic Blood Pressure
- 2023 ACC/AHA/ACCP/HRS Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Atrial Fibrillation
- The clinician’s guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis — BHOF, 2022
- ADA: Insulin Deintensification in Type 2 Diabetes
- ADA Standards of Care in Diabetes
- IDSA 2019 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for the Management of Asymptomatic Bacteriuria
- SHEA/IDSA 2017 Clinical Practice Guideline Update for Clostridium difficile Infection
- SHEA/IDSA 2021 Focused Update for Clostridioides difficile Infection
- 2019 ACR/Arthritis Foundation Guideline for Osteoarthritis of the Hand, Hip, and Knee
- Home Oxygen Therapy for Adults with Chronic Lung Disease — Official ATS Guideline, 2020
- National Eye Institute: Age-Related Macular Degeneration
- National Institute of Mental Health: Depression
- NIMH Adult Outpatient Brief Suicide Safety Assessment Guide
- National Library of Medicine: Delirium
- American Geriatrics Society: Basic Facts about Delirium
- NHS: Dementia with Lewy bodies — Symptoms
- CDC STEADI Algorithm for Fall Risk Screening, Assessment, and Intervention
- NIDDK: Treatments for Bladder Control Problems
- Hartford Institute for Geriatric Nursing: Assessing Function and Promoting Mobility
- AMA Code of Medical Ethics: Informed Consent
- AMA Code of Medical Ethics: Decisions for Adult Patients Who Lack Capacity
- American Geriatrics Society feeding tubes in advanced dementia position statement, 2014
- AHRQ MATCH Toolkit for Medication Reconciliation
- The clinician’s guide to prevention and treatment of osteoporosis — publisher full text, 2022
- 13. Older Adults: Standards of Care in Diabetes—2026
- American Geriatrics Society Feeding Tubes in Advanced Dementia Position Statement — publisher full text, 2014
- AHRQ MATCH Toolkit, Chapter 3: Designing the Medication Reconciliation Process
Geriatric Medicine Certification Examination
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In a hypothetical randomized trial of older adults, 40 of 400 participants receiving usual care and 24 of 400 receiving a new intervention have a hip fracture during two years. Follow-up is complete. What is the number needed to treat to prevent one additional hip fracture over two years?
Geriatric Medicine Certification Examination
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Gerontology
Interpretation of literature in context of aging — communicating absolute benefit
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