ABIM turns MOC page with open-book 2-year exams
AT ACP INTERNAL MEDICINE
Will patients value MOC?
During a question and answer session at the ACP session, Anne Cummings, MD, an internist who practices in Greenbrae, Calif., asked the ABIM for support in educating the general public about what it means to be treated by a board-certified physician.
“I had a naturopath tell me the other day that she had the same training as I had,” Dr. Cummings said. “I was floored, but I think that patients don’t know the difference [between board-certified and not board-certified].”
Dr. Baron agreed ABIM needs to do more to promote the value of certification among patients. But he also called on board-certified physicians to deliver the value message directly to their own patients.
Other attendees recommended that ABIM expand the number of ways physicians can earn MOC points, and they expressed concern about the time MOC takes away from their daily practice.
For regular updates on the MOC process, physicians can subscribe to the ABIM’s blog at transforming.abim.org.
