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TU‐E‐P‐618‐01: Maintenance of Certification Update, MOC Educational Opportunities and CARE Update
Author(s) -
Herman M,
Hendee W,
Morin R,
Mills M
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
medical physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.473
H-Index - 180
eISSN - 2473-4209
pISSN - 0094-2405
DOI - 10.1118/1.1999713
Subject(s) - certification , medical physics , maintenance of certification , dosimetry , computer science , nuclear medicine , engineering management , medicine , engineering , political science , law
The official beginning of the ABR Maintenance of Certification program for medical physicists began this year. Many have registered and many more have questions. The purpose of this session is to present a brief review of the ABR MOC program, its current status and to delve into some of the details related to successfully fulfilling the MOC process. The physics trustees of the ABR will first present a review of the MOC program as it is currently being implemented for medical physicists. The driving forces behind MOC as well as the four essential components of the program, Professional Standing, Lifelong Learning/Self Assessment, Cognitive Expertise, Assessment of Practice Performance, will be reviewed. Examples will be provided in each case to help medical physicists understand the details of the process. The web‐based process will be outlined. Specific issues related to individuals who have less than ten years until their certificate expires and to those certified by ABMP will be addressed. The MOC presentation will be followed by presentations from the chair of the ACR Commission on Medical Physics and the Chairman of the American College of Medical Physics, both who will address opportunities and developing programs aimed at providing the essential continuing education credits necessary for each of us to maintain certification. The final portion of this session will be dedicated to an update on the CARE bill. The Alliance for Quality Medical Imaging and Radiation Therapy (of which both the AAPM and ACMP are members) met again in March 2005 to further develop, in anticipation of passage of the Care Bill, statutes designed to specify the training and experience of all medical professions performing or planning medical imaging and radiation therapy. The Bill, as written, is designed to include both Medical Physicists and Medical Dosimetrists in the proposed regulation. The CARE bill was recently reintroduced in the US congress. An opportunity to ask questions of the speakers will be provided at the end of the session. Educational Objectives: 1. To review the current ABR maintenance of certification program 2. To understand the process for all time limited certificate holders 3. To understand mechanisms offered by ACR and ACMP to obtain MOC credits 4. To review the current status and implications of the CARE Bill