ABIM does about-face on changes to MOC program

[Taus]

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ABPMR-MOC Pain medicine re-certification exam conducted by ASA result speaks.......

Passed ----89-------67.4%
Failed-----43-------32.6%

32.6% of pain physicians failed after 10 years of full time practice. Of course, they don't know the answers for the useless questions and cases they don't see in day-to-day practice.

Many also likely not agcme fellowship trained and grandfathered in after taking the test first time around.

 

[Spine Specialist]

Do you think these 32.6% pain physicians are not fit to practice pain medicine because they failed in MOC exam? Hospital credential committee should not let them continue to practice?

 

[BobBarker]

How did the anesthesiologists do in comparison?

 

[Ducttape]

Do you think these 32.6% pain physicians are not fit to practice pain medicine because they failed in MOC exam? Hospital credential committee should not let them continue to practice?

Failing an arbitrary exam has little to do with clinical acumen. Experience outweighs a one day computerized experiment...

 

[Spine Specialist]

Absolutely, I agree.
Taking the MOC computerized examination sitting in a cold air-conditioned room and answering hundreds of questions in 4 hours ( rate of 1 q/1 minute) gives you the psychological stress of participating in a formula 1 auto race. You don't and never make a clinical decision in one minute in your office.

 

[Spine Specialist]

http://www.newsweek.com/medical-mystery-making-sense-abims-financial-report-334772

 

[lobelsteve]

http://www.newsweek.com/medical-mystery-making-sense-abims-financial-report-334772

Required reading. I want to physically beat the ABIM.

 

[Ducttape]

This was one of the reasons I chose not to recertify in IM for the second time...

 

[Gauss]

is this unique to ABIM or would you find something similar looking into ABPM&R's rabbit hole?

 

[lobelsteve]

is this unique to ABIM or would you find something similar looking into ABPM&R's rabbit hole?

Yes. But on a smaller scale.

 

[jettavr6]

is this unique to ABIM or would you find something similar looking into ABPM&R's rabbit hole?

All our ABMS boards are equally crooked.