Article Figures & Data
Tables
- Table 1.
American Board of Medical Specialties Boards with Journal Article-Based Continuing Certification Activities
ABMS Board Name Article Selection MOC Part No. of Articles/Year Diplomate Requirement Pass Score (%) Article Access American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology LLSA Assigned Articles Expert Panel Part II LLSA 150–160 30 articles/year; 4 MCQs per article 80 Full text (nearly all) American Board of Pediatrics Question of the Week Expert Editorial Team Part II LLSA 50 50 articles/year; 1 MCQ per article 100 Citations only American Board of Emergency Medicine EM Reading List Expert Panel Part II LLSA 10–15 20–30 MCQs per year based on reading list 85 Citations only American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics Literature Review Module Expert Panel Part II LLSA 5–8 articles per specialty area 25 MCQs every 2 years 80 Citations only American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology 2019–2021 MOC Part III Pilot Project Pilot Project Test Writing Committee Part III 160 30 articles/year; 5 MCQs per article 80 Citations only American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology* Performance Pathway Expert Panel Part III 150–160 30 articles/year; 4 MCQs per article; 6-year cycle 86 Full text (nearly all) American Board of Allergy and Immunology Continuous Assessment Program Expert Panel Part III component 6 articles per 8 topic areas 10 articles/6 months; 3 MCQs per article 80 Full text American Board of Ophthalmology Quarterly Questions Expert Panel Part III component 3 articles per 11 topic areas 5 articles/year; 2 MCQs per article 80 Full text American Board of Pediatrics† MOCA-Peds-Featured Readings Practicing pediatricians (on subboard or question writing committee) Part III component 1–4 articles per 8 subspecialty or practice categories Up to 2 MCQs per article n/a Full text ABFM (current plan) ABFM Journal Club Structured Process National Journal Club Committee Part II LLSA 100 4 MCQs per article 100 Full text Abbreviations: ABFM, American Board of Family Medicine; ABMS, American Board of Medical Specialties; LLSA, lifelong learning/self-assessment; MCQs, multiple choice questions; MOC, maintenance of certification; MOCA-Peds, Maintenance of Certification Assessment for Pediatrics; Part III, the Assessment of Knowledge, Judgment, and Skills part of the ABMS maintenance of certification program; n/a, not applicable; EM, Emergency Medicine.
↵* The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology initially employed a journal article-based activity as a LLSA (with a passing score of 80%). In 2019, diplomates with an aggregated first-answer pass rate of 86% or more during their 6-year certification cycle qualified them for the performance pathway exemption to the part III MOC secure exam.
↵† The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) initially employed a journal article-based activity as a LLSA activity. In 2019, the ABP launched MOCA-Peds that included a journal article-based activity component to its online, nonproctored part III longitudinal assessment platform.
