The ABIM is in the process of creating additional patient safety and patient survey modules to grow their current module library. When enrolled in MOC, you have complimentary access to the ABIM’s modules.
What Programs Does the ACR Offer for MOC Credit?
The ACR continues a strong commitment to support you throughout the MOC process. Our current online modules—Continuing Assessment, Review, and Evaluation (CARE) (2011, 2012, 2013) and Assess, Improve, Measure (AIM) (Gout and Rheumatoid Arthritis)—will continue to be available for 20–30 MOC points per program. The AIM modules can be completed as part of your participation in the ACR’s new registry, an early attempt to sync your Physician Quality Reporting System efforts with MOC activities. A new initiative this year has the ACR creating a topic-specific CARE program, called CARE: Geriatrics, which will be available in January 2014 for 10 MOC points.
Additionally, the ACR hosts two live MOC courses each year: the ACR/ABIM Maintenance of Certification Learning Session–Update in Rheumatology, next held October 25, 2013, in San Diego, and the Rheumatology Maintenance of Certification Course, next held March 21–23, 2014, in Atlanta. The MOC courses provide case-based reviews of relevant ABIM rheumatology blueprinted content and allow for self-assessment and faculty presentations that can be tailored to the needs of the audience. New at the 2013 Annual Meeting, MOC points will be offered via the popular Review Course by responding to a posttest of questions based on the information covered during the course; this program will carry a value of 10 MOC points.
What Are My Next Steps?
In January 2014, log into your ABIM Physician Portal to activate your account and review your specific requirements. Per the requirement that all physicians complete at least one activity every two years, by December 31, 2015, you will need to complete an MOC activity. All diplomates will need to complete their first round of 100 MOC points by December 31, 2018.
Join us in San Diego in October to start—or to add to—your MOC journey in a seamless fashion with your favorite CME activity or the Review Course, or logon to the ACR website and navigate your way to a CARE module or an AIM program. Stay tuned—we will continue to work to support and to inform as you continue to meet the challenge to “Advance Rheumatology!”
Dr. Uknis is professor of medicine and senior associate dean for admissions and strategy at Temple University in Philadelphia. Contact her at [email protected].
