Francis L Counselman1, Michael L Carius2, Terry Kowalenko3, Nicole Battaglioli4, Cherri Hobgood5, Andy S Jagoda6, Elise Lovell7, Lillian Oshva8, Anant Patel9, Philip Shayne10, Jeffrey A Tabas11, Earl J Reisdorff12. 1. Department of Emergency Medicine, Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia. 2. Department of Emergency Medicine, Norwalk Hospital, Norwalk, Connecticut. 3. Department of Emergency Medicine, Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine, Royal Oak, Michigan. 4. Department of Emergency Medicine, York Hospital, York, Pennsylvania. 5. Department of Emergency Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine. 6. Department of Emergency Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York. 7. Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois; Department of Emergency Medicine, Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois. 8. Department of Emergency Medicine, CTSI Scientific Review Committee (SRC), New York University, New York, New York. 9. John Peter Smith Health Network, Fort Worth, Texas. 10. Department of Emergency Medicine, Education Program, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia. 11. Department of Clinical Emergency Medicine, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California. 12. American Board of Emergency Medicine.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) convened a summit of stakeholders in Emergency Medicine (EM) to critically review the ABEM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program. OBJECTIVE: The newly introduced American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) 2015 MOC Standards require that the ABMS Member Boards, including ABEM, "engage in continual quality monitoring and improvement of its Program for MOC …" ABEM sought to have the EM community participate in the quality improvement process. DISCUSSION: A review of the ABMS philosophy of MOC and requirements for MOC were presented, followed by an exposition of the ABEM MOC Program. Roundtable discussions included strengths of the program and opportunities for improvement; defining, teaching, and assessing professionalism; identifying and filling competency gaps; and enhancing relevancy and adding value to the ABEM MOC Program. CONCLUSIONS: Several suggestions to improve the ABEM MOC Program were discussed. ABEM will consider these recommendations when developing its next revision of the ABEM MOC Program.
BACKGROUND: The American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) convened a summit of stakeholders in Emergency Medicine (EM) to critically review the ABEM Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Program. OBJECTIVE: The newly introduced American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) 2015 MOC Standards require that the ABMS Member Boards, including ABEM, "engage in continual quality monitoring and improvement of its Program for MOC …" ABEM sought to have the EM community participate in the quality improvement process. DISCUSSION: A review of the ABMS philosophy of MOC and requirements for MOC were presented, followed by an exposition of the ABEM MOC Program. Roundtable discussions included strengths of the program and opportunities for improvement; defining, teaching, and assessing professionalism; identifying and filling competency gaps; and enhancing relevancy and adding value to the ABEM MOC Program. CONCLUSIONS: Several suggestions to improve the ABEM MOC Program were discussed. ABEM will consider these recommendations when developing its next revision of the ABEM MOC Program.