Maintenance of certification: part 2—continuous certification

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.

Maintenance of certification.

Maintenance of certification.

Maintenance of certification (MOC) recognizes that in addition to medical knowledge, several essential elements involved in delivering quality care must be developed and maintained throughout one's career. The MOC process is designed to facilitate and document the professional development of each American Board of Radiology (ABR) diplomate through its focus on the essential elements of quality ...

Maintenance of Certification

Dr. Derrick Tilton Vail first proposed the notion of a specialty medical board in 1908 in his presidential address to the American Academy of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology. At that time, no way had been established for the public to confirm that a physician who claimed to be a specialist was qualified in that specialty. Dr. Vail’s suggestion was to establish a body that would define specialt...