Family Physician Participation in Maintenance of Certification

Physician Attitudes About Maintenance of Certification

Objectives: To determine physicians’ perceptions of current maintenance of certification (MOC) activities and to explore how perceptions vary across specialties, practice characteristics, and physician characteristics, including burnout. Patients and Methods: We conducted an Internet and paper survey among a national cross-specialty random sample of licensed US physicians from September 23, 201...

Family physician participation in quality improvement.

More than one-third of family physicians reported participating in a quality improvement (QI) activity in the past year. Continuous QI is vital to improving personal and population health outcomes and reducing costs. Support for QI activities, their evaluation, and the dissemination of successful efforts are sorely needed.

Engagement of groups in family medicine board maintenance of certification.

PURPOSE The American Board of Medical Specialties' Performance in Practice ("Part IV") portion of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirement provides an opportunity for practicing physicians to demonstrate quality improvement (QI) competence. However, specialty boards' certification of one physician at a time does not tap into the potential of collective effort. This article shares learning...

Maintenance of certification: part 2--continuous certification.

NeuroEndovascular Division, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA American Board of Radiology, Tuscon, Arizona, USA Mallinckrodt Institute of Radiology and the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, USA Rhode Island Hospital, Warren Alpert School of Medicine at Brown University, Provid...

Maintenance of certification.