If you are planning on taking the 2019 American Board of Family Medicine Exam this November you still have some time to register for the exam! However, this is a good time to get a jump on preparing for the exam that you will be taking this November! Around the World May 1st is \”May …
May Day: Get Working, Avoid the Stress! Deadline to Register is Tomorrow at 3 PM Read More »
For those of you who have elected to take Pediatric MOC Part 3 proctored exam at a Prometric Center® instead of the quarterly Pediatric MOCA process, this is for you. The deadline for taking the exam is fast approaching and the margin for error is zero. The technical name for “the exam” is the “Pediatric Cognitive …
I am at the point in my MOC cycle where I must complete my next Part 2 and Part 4 cycles by December 2020. Interestingly enough, even though this is 4 years away, I noted that the date is December 17th, 2020. If I leave this all to the last minute, that can be a …
Light a fire if you\’re among the lucky ones who have registered for and are planning on taking the Part 3 Cognitive Expertise Secure Exam before the summer break. You are in the home stretch. It\’s down to the wire and it’s time to light a fire to your studying. Earlier this month we pre-released …
In my previous blog last week, I noted that the ABP QOW was a great way to get MOC Part 2 credit. Each year, the ABP has been releasing 50 questions a year, one week at a time. They have been doing so since December 2013 which means folks like me who are entering their …
One of the options for obtaining MOC Part 2 credits is the ABP Question of the week or QOW[1] as they like to call it. The ABP releases 1 question per week, with a break for Christmas and New Year. This totals 50 questions per year. Once you sign up up, the QOW is inconveniently sent to your already …
Pediatric MOC QOW and the Slow and Steady/Binge Option Read More »
The MOC process continues to be abuzz with change with the ABP keeping an eye on other specialty groups that are part of the American Board of Subspecialties parent group. Due to this, the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has already temporarily suspended the Quality in Practice requirement through the end of 2018, while the process is under …
New and Improved Pediatric MOC: Part 4 Improvement in Practice Read More »
As of Spring 2015, residents can dip their toes into the MOC pool with the rest of us. If you are currently a resident, you are asking yourself, \”why would I want to take on something I can thankfully postpone for 5 more years?\”. There are more important thing\’s to do like, I don\’t know? …
We have received countless calls and emails from pediatricians who are faced with an expiring board certificate and the specter of sitting for a proctored exam for the first time in over 10 years. At least this is a task that most of us have a successful track record with or we wouldn’t be Board …
The Countdown to Pediatric MOC Certification 2014 Read More »
We just released our blog with suggestions on taking the MOC 3 Pediatric Recertification Exam. Within a day we received a notice from the ABP which was also posted on their website that they are changing the way the exam will be scored and how the results will be provided. I didn’t mention in the …
Keeping Score of the Pediatric Recertification (MOC) Grading Changes Read More »
