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Intern, Test Development

American Board of Internal Medicine
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Internship Opportunity 

The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is pleased to announce its summer test development internship program for 2025. The ABIM test development internship program is an eight-week summer internship running from Monday, June 2nd to Friday, July 25th in Philadelphia. During the program, the intern will take primary ownership of projects to create health equity item development resources under the guidance of the Manager, Test Development. In addition, the internship curriculum includes test development presentations and opportunities for the intern to gain applied operational experience. As ABIM is the nation’s largest physician certification organization, an intern will gain experience with issues unique to professional testing organizations.

 

 Qualifications 

  • Master’s or Doctoral student in Public Health, Sociology, Education, Organizational Psychology (or related field) program with at least one year of coursework completed by the start of the internship
  • Preference will be given to applicants who have worked in healthcare, have experience with implementation of health equity initiatives, or have a certification in Diversity and Inclusion
  • Ideal candidates will have experience with research databases such as PubMed, Google Scholar, and Embase
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Interest in health equity
  • Interest in standardized testing
  • Eligible to be legally employed in the United States

 

Stipend 

ABIM provides a total of $12,000 for the eight-week internship program. This total includes a $10,000 stipend as well as a $2,000 housing allowance, if not in the Philadelphia area.

 

Resource Development Project

ABIM and ABIM Foundation (ABIMF) made a public commitment to explore our role in perpetuating —intentionally or not— racial disparities in health care through our Board’s policies and programs. We pledged to move from being "passively non-racist" institutions to being “actively anti-racist” influences in health care. https://www.abim.org/diversity-health-equity/ 

 

For their primary resource development project, the intern should expect to develop discipline-specific resources such as health equity (HE) reference lists, a list of potential blueprint topics appropriate for HE item development, and HE item writer training materials.  At the conclusion of the program, the intern will be expected to provide a summary paper to be reviewed by their mentor and share their results by giving a brief presentation to an audience of Assessment and Research staff members. Further, the intern will be encouraged to submit their summer project for presentation at a professional conference and/or for publication. The intern will work with their mentor to select an appropriate project for their experience level and interests. 

 

Application

Please submit your curriculum vitae and a letter of interest to Sara McCoy, Senior HR Partner (smccoy@abim.org) by Monday, April 14, 2025.