Certification

1. Ability to provide a current medical license with expiration date or letter of good standing.  
2. Valid CCEeXAM® Testamur status during the certification application period 
3. Completed a Critical Care fellowship or be a practicing physician. 

Testamurs seeking NBE Certification will apply online by uploading the required documentation. Once an application is complete, the Certification Committee will meet to review applications twice a year, and applicants will be notified in writing of the decision. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed by the Certification Committee until all requirements are met. 

Certification applicants should select one of the applicable pathways listed below. For more detailed information please refer to the CCEeXAM® Certification Handbook. 

Supervised Training within ACGME Fellowship  

Required Documentation 

1. Current Medical License including expiration date 
2. Medical Board Certificate 
3. Fellowship Certificate (Optional) 
4. Notarized Letter from Fellowship (document cases completed during training) 
5. Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training 

Practice Experience 

Required Documentation 

1. Current Medical License including expiration date 
2. Medical Board Certificate 
3. Fellowship Certificate or a Notarized Letter from hospital/practice (document hours administered on critically ill patients in practice within the preceding three (3) years) – Requirement 4 
4. Notarized Letter from hospital/practice (document cases completed in practice within the preceding three (3) years) – Requirement 5  
5. Log of performed and interpreted cases completed in practice. 
6. Twenty (20) hours of AMA Category 1 CMEs devoted to echocardiography in the preceding three years 

Supervised Training/Practice (Hybrid) 

Required Documentation 

1. Current Medical License including expiration date 
2. Medical Board Certificate 
3. Fellowship Certificate (Optional) 
4. Notarized Letter from Fellowship (document cases completed during training) 
5. Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training 
6. Notarized Letter from hospital/practice (document cases completed in practice within the preceding three (3) years) 
7. Log of performed and interpreted cases completed in practice. 
8. Twenty (20) hours of AMA Category 1 CMEs devoted to echocardiography in the preceding three years 

Maintenance of Testamur or Diplomate Status

Beginning in July 2024, Testamurs and Diplomates will instead enter Maintenance of Testamur in Echocardiography (MOTE) or Maintenance of Certification in Echocardiography (MOCE). For more information visit www.echoboards.org/MOCE. Beginning in July 2024, the recertification examinations are no longer administered. Testamurs and Diplomates will instead enter Maintenance of Testamur in Echocardiography (MOTE) or Maintenance of Certification in Echocardiography (MOCE). For more information visit www.echoboards.org/MOCE.

*All letters documenting cases completed during training or practice, must be on official letterhead, signed by an approved signor, and notarized, dated and stamped by a notary/justice of the peace/lawyer(barrister) at the time of witnessing the signing of the letter in person. All letters must be the original and not a copy of the original document.*

Supervised Training  

Sample Letter – Supervised Training (Critical Care Echo)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training (Critical Care Echo)

Sample Letter – Supervised Training (Transesophageal)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training (Transesophageal)

Practice Experience 

Sample Letter from Hospital documenting hours (requirement 4)

Sample Letter – Practice Experience (Critical Care Echo)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed in practice (Critical Care Echo)

Sample Letter – Practice Experience (Transesophageal)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during Practice (Transesophageal)

Supervised Training/Practice (Hybrid) 

Sample Letter – Supervised Training (Critical Care Echo)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training (Critical Care Echo)

Sample Letter – Supervised Training (Transesophageal)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training (Transesophageal)

Sample Letter – Practice Experience (Critical Care Echo)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed in practice (Critical Care Echo)

Sample Letter – Practice Experience (Transesophageal)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during Practice (Transesophageal)

Critical Care Change of Certification Status (Plus Transesophageal)

Sample Letter – Supervised Training (Transesophageal)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during training (Transesophageal)

Sample Letter – Practice Experience (Transesophageal)

Log of performed and interpreted cases completed during Practice (Transesophageal)