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As many of you know, the ABIM recently made a (very) small step in the right direction in addressing the many concerns over the MOC process. By temporarily suspending the Practice Improvement component of MOC, the ABIM seemed to recognize some of the concern over its programs, but no costs were reduced and overall the program remains largely unchanged. http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/839178?src=sttwit
But now that the first crack has been made in the ABMS armor, I believe that every member board should be pressured to scale back their MOC programs. NOW is the time to put overwhelming pressure on the boards. If we say nothing and do nothing, the moment will have been lost and the status quo will become entrenched. If we capitalize on this moment and put real pressure on the boards, perhaps we can effect further change.
Here's what I believe- if MOC was a cheap, online, interactive, open-book module that covered recent landmark literature, AND NOTHING MORE, it would be acceptable. Bascially, it would be a CME exercise- go on the internet, review what's new in your field, done. Nothing more needed- no practice improvement modules, no secure exam, certainly no simulator, etc. Unfortunately, I don't believe the ABA or other ABMS boards would ever go for that, which is why NBPAS needs to be supported as a viable alternative.
This petition states just that. Hopefully, this can be a show of force to the ABA that its membership is tired of the MOCA abuses and wants meaningful, drastic change. If you agree with me, please sign. Maybe if every specialty board was pressured to begin to scale back MOC, we'd start to see more steps in the right direction.
Let's do this.
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/changemoca
But now that the first crack has been made in the ABMS armor, I believe that every member board should be pressured to scale back their MOC programs. NOW is the time to put overwhelming pressure on the boards. If we say nothing and do nothing, the moment will have been lost and the status quo will become entrenched. If we capitalize on this moment and put real pressure on the boards, perhaps we can effect further change.
Here's what I believe- if MOC was a cheap, online, interactive, open-book module that covered recent landmark literature, AND NOTHING MORE, it would be acceptable. Bascially, it would be a CME exercise- go on the internet, review what's new in your field, done. Nothing more needed- no practice improvement modules, no secure exam, certainly no simulator, etc. Unfortunately, I don't believe the ABA or other ABMS boards would ever go for that, which is why NBPAS needs to be supported as a viable alternative.
This petition states just that. Hopefully, this can be a show of force to the ABA that its membership is tired of the MOCA abuses and wants meaningful, drastic change. If you agree with me, please sign. Maybe if every specialty board was pressured to begin to scale back MOC, we'd start to see more steps in the right direction.
Let's do this.
http://www.petitionbuzz.com/petitions/changemoca