MOC UPDATES Lela A. Lee, MD Associate Executive Director American Board of Dermatology

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1 MOC UPDATES 2018 Lela A. Lee, MD Associate Executive Director American Board of Dermatology

2 DISCLOSURE I am a part-time employee of the ABD.

3 License attestation MOC 2013 MOC 2018 Due January 31 different time from MOC fee Due December 31 same time as MOC fee CME Manually enter in table AAD credits automatically populated Self-assessment Typically need to attend meetings, often separate fee Patient survey Required Not required Peer survey Required Not required Practice improvement MOC exam Typically multiple questions, few modules available, separate fee Take at Pearson VUE test center Offered once yearly Many more choices, can fulfill requirement online without separate fee; AAD SA automatically populates Choose from 48+ ABD focused modules, minimal time required, no fee (other options also available) Take at test center or at home/office Offered twice yearly Patient safety module* Required *Pending ABMS approval: not required

4 PART I: A PRACTICAL GUIDE TO COMPLETING MOC REQUIREMENTS PART II: REVIEW; Q&A PART III: HOW MOC REQUIREMENTS HAVE BEEN SIMPLIFIED OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS PART IV: CONTACT INFORMATION FOR QUESTIONS AND HELP

5 PART I: LOCATING AND UNDERSTANDING YOUR PERSONAL MOC TABLE

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11 Annual fee = $150 Due at the end of the calendar year; can pay online There are NO other payments needed to complete one s MOC requirements. There is NO additional fee for the exam. There is NO additional fee for activities produced by ABD. Many activities offered through specialty societies (e.g., AAD) are also offered for no additional fee. *There is a small additional charge for maintaining certification in a subspecialty (dermatopathology or pediatric dermatology).

12 Requires once yearly checking a box that you have an unrestricted license and are clinically active. Now due at the end of the calendar year (formerly due at the end of January) Total time to complete this requirement < 10 seconds You do NOT have to send a copy of your license to ABD.

13 The requirement is 25 credits per year. As of April 2017, this box is automatically populated from your AAD Transcript for AAD-sponsored credits - if you have opted in on the AAD Transcript site. If you have additional hours not on your AAD Transcript, or if you wish to add credits earned PRIOR to April 2017, you may click in the box and attest to the additional hours. You are NOT required to enter the individual activities you attended, only the total credits.

14 A one-time requirement, ONLY in the first 10-year cycle

15 100 required 100 required 100 required Requirement is 100 credits per 3- or 4-year period AAD Question of the Week is worth 1 credit (52 credits/yr). AAD Case Challenges and CME articles have self-assessment. AAD-sponsored SA automatically populates MOC table. JAMA Dermatology and CUTIS offer self-assessment. Many local and regional societies offer self-assessment. You are not required to answer correctly in order to receive credit. Completion of an ABD Focused Practice Improvement module is worth 25 self-assessment credits.

16 Requirement is 1 activity per 5 years. There are many options from which to choose: ABD Focused Practice Improvement modules BCC registry Peer survey (NOT required simply an option) Patient survey (NOT required simply an option) Multispecialty portfolio program (typically institutional) Design your own and apply for credit.

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18 48 modules available as of Dec 2017; 12 more in preparation

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21 The MOC exam consists of 100 item General Dermatology module + 50 item subspecialty module (Medical, Pediatric, Surgical, or Pathology) The General Dermatology module items are of the Which of the following is the most likely diagnosis? type. A study guide of diagnoses is published on the ABD website. The subspecialty module items are published on the ABD website. The exam is drawn from those items.

22 Given over a two-month window in the spring and the fall Take at Pearson VUE test centers OR Take at home or office with remote proctoring Can take as early as third year of 10-year cycle Can retake during the MOC cycle without penalty

23 ONLINE / REMOTE PROCTORING

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29 This step occurs once you have completed all requirements. Its purpose is to verify that the information that will appear on your certificate is correct.

30 FOR THOSE DIPLOMATES WHO HAVE SUBSPECIALTY (PEDIATRIC DERM OR DERMPATH) CERTIFICATION: If time-limited in dermatology AND the subspecialty, one must pass an additional 50-item MOC exam module in the subspecialty once every 10 years. There are otherwise NO additional MOC requirements. If lifetime certified in dermatology and holding a time-limited certificate in the subspecialty, the general dermatology exam module is NOT required in order to maintain certification in the subspecialty. If the time-limited subspecialty certification is NOT maintained, the diplomate will continue to be certified in general dermatology. All holders of subspecialty certification must be certified by ABD in general dermatology.

31 PART II: REVIEW OF HOW TO FULFILL REQUIREMENTS; Q&A

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33 PART III: HOW MOC HAS CHANGED OVER THE PAST 5 YEARS

34 License attestation MOC 2013 MOC 2018 Due January 31 different time from MOC fee Due December 31 same time as MOC fee CME Manually enter in table AAD credits automatically populated Self-assessment Typically need to attend meetings, often separate fee Patient survey Required Not required Peer survey Required Not required Practice improvement MOC exam Typically multiple questions, few modules available, separate fee Take at Pearson VUE test center Offered once yearly Many more choices, can fulfill requirement online without separate fee; AAD SA automatically populates Choose from 48+ ABD focused modules, minimal time required, no fee (other options also available) Take at test center or at home/office Offered twice yearly Patient safety module* Required *Pending ABMS approval: not required

35 CertLink TM LONGITUDINAL ASSESSMENT CertLinkTM is an online platform of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) for longitudinal assessments. Longitudinal assessment = frequent, brief assessments administered over an extended period of time. Concepts from questions that are answered incorrectly reappear periodically until the knowledge is retained. ABAnesthesiology was the first to pilot longitudinal assessment. ABD is working with ABMS platform and plans to beta test CertLink in late 2018 or early 2019.

36 PART IV: HOW TO FIND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; HOW TO GET HELP

37 (617) , ext 1 ABD booth at AAD meeting Pamela Zuziak

38 ADDENDUM How to opt in to the automatic transfer of AAD CME and AAD Self-Assessment credits to your ABD MOC Table

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41 Read the consent information. Click Yes. I would like to be included in this process and allow the ABD to access my transcript records. Click Save and Continue to Transcript.