ABP Wants Your MOC Feedback

[Napoleon1801]

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Got this survey from ABP today. They'd love to hear your feedback on how awesome the process is:


Vision Initiative – Continuing Board Certification


Please participate in the below survey and help define the future of continuing certification.



The Continuing Board Certification: Vision for the Future Commission was established to provide a set of recommendations about the future of continuing board certification. This is a collaborative effort that brings together many stakeholders to envision a system of continuing certification that is relevant, meaningful, and of value to physicians and is a process that is valued by patients, hospitals, and health systems. In a transparent process that includes significant input from a diverse audience, the Vision Initiative will assess the current state of continuing board certification and envision its framework for the future.



Currently, the Commission is actively seeking feedback from a broad spectrum of medical specialties, patients/public, and health care organizations. The Vision Initiative survey will be open through Monday, April 30. We ask that you help shape the future of continuing certification by completing the survey. The information obtained will inform the work of the Commission.



For information about the Commission and to complete the survey, go to the Vision Initiative website (www.visioninitiative.org). Thank you for your participation.

 

[tiredguy]

I am worried that this will be used to create something that is even worse.

 

[ScubaV]

They sent an earlier email to recent diplomates about a pilot program to change MOC (which has already been name changed to continuing certification or CC), but I think everyone is eligible:

American Board of Pathology

Basically you sign up to get quarterly questions and if you meet the minimum participation requirements your SAM requirement is reduced and you may (this is somewhat unclear) get to skip the exam. I think their aim is to offer a regular question subscription as an alternative to an exam every 10 years. It's free for now, but I'm sure you'll have to pay once the pilot period is over.

 

[Thrombus]

Ask the MOC SOB's if they have high level scientific evidence that their schemes add value to the patient experience.

If they cannot produce such high level evidence, then why must everything that we do add value to the patient experience?

 

[LoaLoa]

They’re asking for our feedback. It might be reasonable to consider doing the survey if you have a problem with MOC.

 

[Mace1370]

Filled out the survey. Expect everything will get fixed 100% and life will be perfect from here on out.

 

[path24]

MOC is so essential to patient care and there are thousands of pathologists that don't do it. Should they be notifying patients about the risk they are taking with these pathologists? Patient safety? Maybe there is a course about it?

Not interested in helping people that will continue to hose me over.

 

[LoaLoa]

MOC is so essential to patient care and there are thousands of pathologists that don't do it. Should they be notifying patients about the risk they are taking with these pathologists? Patient safety? Maybe there is a course about it?

Not interested in helping people that will continue to hose me over.

Despite popular perception, the ABP is populated neither by *****s nor by fat cats getting rich off our exam fees. ABP is a member board of the ABMS. The requirement for MOC and time-limited certificates came down from above, and the ABP has no choice but to comply. Again despite popular perception, the ABP has actually been very effective in protecting us from onerous high-stakes MOC requirements that most other medical specialties have been subject to for a long time. There are ongoing efforts by the ABP to make the MOC process as easy as possible and as facilitative of lifelong learning as possible. These surveys are part of that effort.

If you hate the whole process, throw your weight behind the NBPAS, an “alternative” board certification pathway created by internists specifically for the purpose of not requiring MOC. Despite the righteous indignation fueling their crusade, they have achieved very little traction so far.

 

[path24]

I'll take the alternative like my older partners did a couple years ago. Fill out some paperwork and send a check ($1000? I think) and not have to deal with this. Give me that option.

 

[Thrombus]

I'll take the alternative like my older partners did a couple years ago. Fill out some paperwork and send a check ($1000? I think) and not have to deal with this. Give me that option.

Path24 you need to shut up and obey your marching orders. The ABP is being a good little puppy and obeying its master big government bureaucrats and regulators who understand and respect the scientific method about as well as they understand and respect limited government.