|
Frequently Asked Questions (MOC)
Why does the ABR have an MOC program and why should I participate?
- Is the ABR the only board with an MOC process?
- What is the value of certifying and maintaining certification (MOC) in radiologic physics?
- Does certification or MOC assure competence?
- Could state licensing boards or other entities that issue practice privileges begin requiring maintenance of certification, even for lifetime certificate holders?
- All the ABMS boards are becoming further involved in the quality assessment of their diplomates. Isn't this just another level of needless bureaucracy?
- Does MOC respond to the Institute of Medicine's concerns about quality of healthcare and their quality indicators?
Who may participate in MOC?
Diplomates with time-limited certificates:
- Must all diplomates with 10-year, time-limited certificates participate in MOC?
- When did time-limited certification start?
- As a time-limited certificate holder (radiologic physics diplomate, 2002 or beyond), when does my 10-year MOC cycle begin, and when should I enroll?
- Isn't it unfair that only the time-limited certificate holders must participate in MOC to maintain their certification, and that decisions about MOC are being made by individuals at the ABMS and ABR who are themselves lifetime certificate holders who do not need to participate in MOC?
- I am a physicist in an administrative position and my direct practice of medical physics is very limited or none at all. Does this exclude me from the MOC process?
- I plan to retire before the expiration of my current certificate. Must I participate in MOC?
Diplomates with lifetime certificates:
- Since I passed the initial board examinations in radiologic physics prior to 2002 and have a lifetime certificate, must I participate in the MOC process?
- I am a lifetime certificate holder. If I enter the MOC program, how long does it take to get an MOC certificate? If I don't meet all requirements, do I lose my lifetime certificate?
ABMP-certified diplomates with Letters of Certification Equivalence:
- May ABMP-certified physicists with Letters of Certification Equivalence participate in MOC?
What are the requirements for MOC?
- As a time-limited certificate holder, what do I have to do for MOC?
- When did the MOC requirements "clock start ticking"?
- What is the basic structure of the MOC program and requirements?
- What are the licensure requirements related to the first component, Professional Standing?
- What are the Continuing Education and SAM requirements related to the second component, Lifelong Learning and Self-assessment?
- What are the exam requirements related to the third component, Cognitive Expertise?
- What are the project requirements related to the fourth component, Practice Quality Improvement?
What happens if I don't meet all of the requirements?
- What happens to a time-limited certificate if all MOC requirements are not satisfied during the 10-year cycle?
- What if I get behind on my CME, SAMs, or PQI project? Can I lose my certificate?
- How will I know if I'm behind on my requirements?
- How many opportunities will I have to pass the computer-based examination portions of MOC?
- What if I fail the exam?
What are the costs involved?
- Why is there an annual fee for MOC?
- What does the annual fee cover?
- Why do annual fees differ? Mine is $177, while my colleague's was $170.
- I paid an enrollment fee back in 2004 - why, and what happened to that?
What if I have multiple certificates?
- I hold a certificate in one field of radiologic physics and am working toward certification in another. When I enter MOC, which certification date will take precedence for my MOC cycle?
- If I have more than one time-limited ABR certificate, what do I need to do? Are my requirements and fees doubled?
- I hold multiple certificates. When I earn MPCECs, who decides to which of my certificates they apply?
|
|
