Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA), a new way to satisfy Part 3 of Maintenance of Certification (MOC), starts for some diplomates and continues for others next Monday. Interventional radiologists, medical physicists, and radiation oncologists begin their OLA activities next week. Diagnostic radiologists and those who hold DR subspecialty certificates started OLA this past January and will…

By Vincent P. Mathews, MD, ABR President-elect Over the past year, many conversations that American Board of Radiology staff and volunteers have had with diplomates have concerned Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA). Not surprisingly, that was also the case during the RSNA Annual Meeting, with its more than 50,000 radiology professionals and vendors in attendance. OLA…

Anne Marie McLellan, DO, was so curious about Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) that she participated in the pilot program held months before the system’s release. That interest continued when OLA launched last January for diagnostic radiologists and those with DR subspecialty certificates. Dr. McLellan receives four questions a week (she’s also certified in neuroradiology and…