Schedule Your Pulmonary Disease MOC Exam

If you are eligible to take the traditional, 10-year MOC exam, you can schedule it through your Physician Portal during the open registration window. Test appointments are filled on a first-come, first-served basis by the test vendor, Pearson VUE.

How to Schedule:

1. Go to the My Assessments page in your Physician Portal.
2. Click on the green “My Assessment Options” button next to the exam you wish to take.
3. Complete the registration steps.
4. Once you have completed the registration steps, you will be routed to Pearson VUE’s site to schedule your appointment.
5. To schedule your appointment you may also call Pearson VUE directly at 1-800-601-3549, Mon. - Fri., 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. CT. Provide the Pearson VUE representative with your ABIM ID. Please include “ABIM” in front of your ID number (i.e., ABIM999999) and confirm which exam you will be taking.

After Scheduling:

• You should carefully review how to prepare for an assessment in a test center.
• You are responsible for making your own travel and hotel reservations. Recommendations for overnight accommodations are not available from ABIM or the test vendor.
• Instructions are available if you need to change your exam date, test center location or cancel an exam.

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MOC Exam Day Schedule (traditional 10-year assessment)

• The Pulmonary Disease MOC exam takes approximately 10 hours.
• The day is divided into several sessions, each containing a maximum of 60 multiple-choice questions.
• Each session is open-book, meaning that you will have access to an online external resource (UpToDate^®) for these questions. You can take the exam tutorial and visit the UpToDate User Academy for ABIM Exam to practice using the open-book feature. Please note that certain features of UpToDate, including those that access external websites like Society Guidelines, will not be available during the exam for security reasons.

You will have 100 minutes of available break time to use during your examination. The amount of break time you use after each test session will be subtracted from the amount of available break time. For instance, if you take a 10-minute break after session one, the amount of break time remaining for the exam will be reduced to 90 minutes.

Knowledge Check-In Exam Day Schedule (two-year assessment)

• The Knowledge Check-In takes approximately 3-1/2 hours.
• The assessment is divided into two sessions, each containing a maximum of 45 multiple-choice questions.
• The Knowledge Check-In is the same exam whether you take in online or in a test center.
• Both sessions of the Knowledge Check-In are open-book, meaning that you have access to an online external resource (UpToDate^®). You can take the exam tutorial and visit the UpToDate User Academy for ABIM Exam to practice using the open-book feature. Please note that certain features of UpToDate, including those that access external websites like Society Guidelines, will not be available during the exam for security reasons.