American Board of Addiction Medicine
4601 North Park Avenue • Upper Arcade, Suite 101 • Chevy Chase, MD 20815-4520
How to Prepare for the Examination
The ABAM Certification/Recertification Examination covers the broad body of knowledge of addiction medicine. Examinees can expect questions on any or all topics that an addiction physician in any specialty can reasonably be expected to know.
Review Courses
- ASAM Addiction Medicine Review Course, October 14-16, 2010, Chicago
At the ASAM Review Course you will receive sample questions, a syllabus, and lectures that review subjects including epidemiology, alcohol, opioids, cocaine, and other topics that you will see on the exam. Continuing Medical Education: 21 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (estimated). For more information call the ASAM Conference Department at 301-656-3920 or email:
website: http://www.asam.org
- CSAM Addiction Medicine Review Course, October 27 - 30, 2010, Newport Beach, CA
The Review Course presents an overview of the core elements of addiction medicine, presented by top experts in the field. Participants receive a course syllabus with copies of all lecture handouts and a CD-ROM study guide and help prepare for the exam. CSAM offers a Certification Exam Preparation Track during the Review Course. During the conference plenary, participants in the Certification Exam Preparation Track will sit at designated tables with other exam takers and facilitators who will help identify the key material for the exam and answer questions. Continuing Medical Education: 30 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (estimated). For more information, call CSAM at 415-764-4855 or email: ; website: www.csam-asam.org
- New Jersey Addiction Medicine ReviewCourse, October 30 & November 6, 2010, Princeton, NJ
Continuing Medical Education: 16 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)™ (estimated).
Information: Call Linda Pleva, (609) 919-1660 or email:
Textbook
ASAM is pleased to announce publication of the Fourth Edition of its landmark textbook, Principles of Addiction Medicine. Like the widely praised Third Edition, the 2009 edition of Principles provides a comprehensive overview of the diagnosis and treatment of addictive disorders, as well as the management of co-occurring medical and psychiatric conditions.
Top-the-line research is offering a wealth of new guidance on everything from risk factors to types of addiction. And now the highly anticipated new edition of a gold-standard reference deepens your understanding and offers new tools to aid your success. A team of world-renowned thought leaders brings you scientific, evidence-based facts and perspectives on abuse programs, pain and addiction, co-occurring addiction and psychiatric disorders, psychiatry, neuroscience and neurobiology, pharmacologic advances, screening, the brief intervention, laboratory testing, alcohol treatment, and more!
Principles of Addiction Medicine, Fourth Edition, can be ordered by phoning 1-800/638-3030 Monday through Friday between 8:30 am and 5:00 pm EST or visiting Lippincott Williams & Wilkins’ website at http://www.lww.com/product/?978-0-7817-7477-2. Price of the 4th edition is $199.00.
To Order, call 1-800-638-3030.