Your ABFM In-Training Exam performance report shows how you did in each content area compared with the national average. This free tool turns that feedback into a 12-week practice schedule: weak areas first, sized to 5, 10, or 15 minutes a day, using the content-area weights from ABFM's published ITE content outline (Respiratory 13%, Cardiovascular 12%, Musculoskeletal 12%, Nonspecific 9%, Endocrine 8%, Gastrointestinal 7%, Psychogenic 7%, Integumentary 6%, Population-based care 5%, Patient-based systems 5%, Reproductive female 4%, Hematologic 3%, Nephrologic 3%, Neurologic 3%, Special sensory 2%, Reproductive male 1%).
The ITE is 200 multiple-choice questions with no passing score; ABFM describes it as an assessment of progress through residency, with performance reports in MyABFM Portfolio six to eight weeks after the exam. The 2026 ITE runs October 21–30. ABFM's own Bayesian Score Predictor estimates the probability of passing the one-day certification exam from ITE results; this tool does not predict pass probability, it only answers what to practice next.
ABFM's validity study (O'Neill et al., Family Medicine 2015;47(5):349) found year-to-year ITE correlations of about 0.70 and, for PGY-3s, a sensitivity of 0.91 and positive predictive value of 0.96 for passing the certification exam. In 2024, 97.9% of first-time initial-certification candidates passed (ABFM 2024 Examination Results).
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