ABMS Wants Your Feedback on MOC

POSTED: March 14th, 2018
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Leaders of the boards that run the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) programs, now rebranded as Continuing Board Certification, have created a commission – the Vision for the Future Initiative [ https://visioninitiative.org/ ] – to develop “a set of recommendations about the future of continuing board certification.” The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) consists of the boards that operate MOC programs.
   
The Vision Initiative says it wants to hear from practicing physicians. Here’s your chance.
   
The commission has opened an online survey [ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S5YLCN7 ] inviting you to “help envision the future of continuing certification.” Among the open-ended questions:
  • What would you like the commission to consider in the coming months as it reviews specialty boards’ maintenance of certification programs?
  • Do you have ideas about the future of continuing certification? If so, what are they?
  • Do you have any other thoughts on board certification?

Before posing broader questions, the commission survey also asks: “Do you believe there is a difference in the quality of care provided by Board Certified physicians and non-Board Certified physicians?”
   
The Vision Initiative website [ https://visioninitiative.org/ ] says nothing about how long the survey will remain open, but the commission’s first meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 20. FMA President-Elect Corey Howard, M.D., will be attending this meeting to provide recommendations from the FMA. 
   
So let loose. Now. How would you “envision the future of continuing certification?” Click here to take the survey [ https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/S5YLCN7 ] and make your voice heard.