Mission & Purpose
The mission of the AAPM&R Self-Assessment Committee (SAC), part of the Academy's Medical Education Committee, is to assist practitioners and residents in maintaining the highest standards of physiatric practice through self-assessment examination.
The SAC produces annually a Self-Assessment Examination for Residents (SAE-R) covering residency competencies as well as overlying clinical issues, that will
Assist residents by providing:
- An objective self-assessment examination for clarification of learners' needs.
- A comparison of present level of performance of each resident with that of other residents throughout the country at a similar level of training.
- A stimulus for study.
- Practice in taking objective, written examinations and handling patient management problems.
- Year-to-year documentation of progress in accumulating knowledge in PM&R.
Assist program directors of participating residency training programs by providing:
- An indication of the training needs of residents in their programs.
- A comparison of the present level of performance of their residents with that of other residents throughout the country at a similar level of training.
Note: The SAE-R is not intended to be used as a primary tool for resident evaluation or basis for promotion.
The SAE-R is
administered annually to residents from more than 100 national and international PM&R residency
training programs.
The 150 multiple-choice-question exam is aligned with the ACGME PM&R milestones. The content outline can be accessed here.
Future Exam Date:
- 2024: Tuesday, January 23 - Monday, January 29
SAE-R exams are administered online and via paper in partnership with Meazure Learning.
How to Read the Report
Click the links below to learn how to read your report.
Past SAE-R Score Reports
AAPM&R sends the current year’s score reports to residency
program directors who participated in the SAE-R in April. Program
directors are responsible for sharing individual resident score results.
If you would like to purchase an Individual Resident Score Report or a
Residency Program Score Report from a past SAE-R, please email saer@aapmr.org for details.
Please note the following:
- Individual Resident Score Reports and Residency Program Score
Reports will be available in April of the year the exam was
administered.
- AAPM&R cannot provide copies of SAE-R reports before 2005.
- Because of the confidential nature of residents' SAE-R scores,
programs may only receive copies of their overall program reports—not
individual residents.
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