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I cannot believe what a leech the ABPMR has turned into.
"continuous certification model is being recognized as a best practice across the medical field"
Um...no. Complete absence of MOC extortion is best practice. You mean this continuous certification model is the best practice to extort more money from your members, ABPMR. Shame on you.
Dr. Sliwa is a well respected physician, but I'm saddened to see him stand behind member abuse and extortion.
Dr. Sliwa; indentured servitude of your members is not what we want, nor what patients need. This MOC scam leads to massive opportunity cost for physicians, loss of time in clinic, loss of care for patients, and frankly loss of quality of live for physicians already under attack from all sides.
Our choices now come down to having a hobby OR doing MOC scam work. Having a vacation OR traveling to medical conferences to meet MOC extortion requirements. Those of us in private practice do not have the luxury of paid CME and "admin" time you academics and employed physicians do. But, that's probably the point of MOC, isn't it; To further push us private practice physicians into employed models and realize the vision of socialized medicine and governmental control.
The ABPMR should be ashamed to be extorting its members. We know you do not exist to support us or represent us; you exist to steal time and money from us, pure and simple. Shame on you.
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ABPMR to transition to continuous certification in 2018
The Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR) will be transitioning to a more continuous model in the next few years.
“Our application to offer continuous certification was approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) this year, but to ease the transition for our diplomates, it won’t go into effect until 2018,” says James Sliwa DO, chair of ABPMR’s MOC Committee.
All certificates issued by the ABPMR in 2018 and beyond will no longer have an end date. ABPMR diplomates’ certificates will be considered current and valid as long as the diplomate continues to meet requirements.
So, what does the continuous certification process look like?
Actually, it looks a lot like the current ABPMR MOC Program. Many requirements will remain the same as they are now, except that instead of a 10-year cycle, the continuous certification process will emphasize ongoing learning with more progress checks along the way. These “mid-stage performance checks” will also result in changes to the board certification status reported by the ABPMR.
“Continuous certification really gets more to the intention of certification, which is to demonstrate competence, professionalism, and expertise continually throughout a career, rather than at just one point in time every decade,” says Dr Sliwa. Increasingly, the continuous certification model is being recognized as a best practice across the medical field. Many other ABMS boards have already transitioned to continuous certification or are in the process of doing so.
In 2018, the new rules will begin to be phased in for existing diplomates.
“We are working hard to ensure the transition to continuous certification will be a smooth one,” says Dr Sliwa. “Our diplomates will have a clearer picture of continuous certification details and how it may affect them as we get closer to implementation.”
At this time, the ABPMR is releasing only these basic facts about the transition to continuous certification, with the knowledge that some of the proposed details may change before 2018. More information, roadmaps, and FAQs will be released throughout the next three years, starting in 2015.
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
3015 Allegro Park Lane SW
Rochester MN 55902-4139
507-282-1776 / Fax 507-282-9242 [email protected]
"continuous certification model is being recognized as a best practice across the medical field"
Um...no. Complete absence of MOC extortion is best practice. You mean this continuous certification model is the best practice to extort more money from your members, ABPMR. Shame on you.
Dr. Sliwa is a well respected physician, but I'm saddened to see him stand behind member abuse and extortion.
Dr. Sliwa; indentured servitude of your members is not what we want, nor what patients need. This MOC scam leads to massive opportunity cost for physicians, loss of time in clinic, loss of care for patients, and frankly loss of quality of live for physicians already under attack from all sides.
Our choices now come down to having a hobby OR doing MOC scam work. Having a vacation OR traveling to medical conferences to meet MOC extortion requirements. Those of us in private practice do not have the luxury of paid CME and "admin" time you academics and employed physicians do. But, that's probably the point of MOC, isn't it; To further push us private practice physicians into employed models and realize the vision of socialized medicine and governmental control.
The ABPMR should be ashamed to be extorting its members. We know you do not exist to support us or represent us; you exist to steal time and money from us, pure and simple. Shame on you.
____
ABPMR to transition to continuous certification in 2018
The Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program of the American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ABPMR) will be transitioning to a more continuous model in the next few years.
“Our application to offer continuous certification was approved by the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) this year, but to ease the transition for our diplomates, it won’t go into effect until 2018,” says James Sliwa DO, chair of ABPMR’s MOC Committee.
All certificates issued by the ABPMR in 2018 and beyond will no longer have an end date. ABPMR diplomates’ certificates will be considered current and valid as long as the diplomate continues to meet requirements.
So, what does the continuous certification process look like?
Actually, it looks a lot like the current ABPMR MOC Program. Many requirements will remain the same as they are now, except that instead of a 10-year cycle, the continuous certification process will emphasize ongoing learning with more progress checks along the way. These “mid-stage performance checks” will also result in changes to the board certification status reported by the ABPMR.
“Continuous certification really gets more to the intention of certification, which is to demonstrate competence, professionalism, and expertise continually throughout a career, rather than at just one point in time every decade,” says Dr Sliwa. Increasingly, the continuous certification model is being recognized as a best practice across the medical field. Many other ABMS boards have already transitioned to continuous certification or are in the process of doing so.
In 2018, the new rules will begin to be phased in for existing diplomates.
“We are working hard to ensure the transition to continuous certification will be a smooth one,” says Dr Sliwa. “Our diplomates will have a clearer picture of continuous certification details and how it may affect them as we get closer to implementation.”
At this time, the ABPMR is releasing only these basic facts about the transition to continuous certification, with the knowledge that some of the proposed details may change before 2018. More information, roadmaps, and FAQs will be released throughout the next three years, starting in 2015.
American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
3015 Allegro Park Lane SW
Rochester MN 55902-4139
507-282-1776 / Fax 507-282-9242 [email protected]
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