Criteria for Certification

Years of on-the-job experience: at least three continuous years in the same ACGME accredited graduate medical education clinical specialty.

National Meeting Attendance: at least one meeting within the past three years whose focus is graduate medical education.

Site Visit/Internal Review: participation in at least one site visit or internal review within the past three years.

Personal Professional Development:

• Oral/poster presentations
• Participation and/or leadership in national organizations within the profession
• Participation and/or leadership in sponsoring institutional/GME committees
• Departmental presentations such as orientation in-service training sessions on program procedures for attendings and/or residents

Successful completion of the assessment tools

Time Limited Certificates: certification is valid for five years including the year of certification. All TAGME time-limited certificates, regardless of their exact dates of issuance, are considered to expire five years later on December 31. To keep your certification current, you will need to recertify every five years.