The passing standard for a participant in Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) is determined by multiple factors. Each participant is administered a unique set of questions based on the OLA question assignment algorithm. The individual’s passing standard is determined from these questions. Other participants sharing the same practice profile (DR diplomates only) or specialty certificate are…

Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) was released as an option for fulfilling the MOC Part 3 requirement for diagnostic radiology and diagnostic radiology subspecialty diplomates in 2019 and for interventional radiology, medical physics, and radiation oncology diplomates in 2020. We recently began reporting the OLA current cumulative score for diplomates in all specialties who have answered…

ABR exam and assessment items are created by volunteer radiologists and physicists. Before Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) was introduced in 2019, volunteers had already spent significant time developing OLA items for diagnostic radiology and DR subspecialty diplomates. That process continued last year with interventional radiology, medical physics, and radiation oncology volunteers writing OLA questions for…