Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
AKH collaborates with Joint Providers to identify accredited CME activities to register in ABIM’s MOC program. AKH will also consider collaboration with the ABMS MOC Member Board as well as those of other Medical Specialty Boards that seek outside sources for their diplomats. Maintenance of Certification points enhance the value of accredited activities to learners and broaden the marketing reach for Providers and Joint Providers alike.
AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE (ABIM) MOC (PART 2)
AKH Inc., Advancing Knowledge in Healthcare as an ACCME Accredited-Provider can apply for ABIM MOC (Part 2) for qualifying activities through the ACCME PARS system. Activities with ABIM MOC point(s) will be listed on the ACCME’s CME Finder and linked out from the ABIM MOC home page. All activities will be labeled with the ABIM CME/MOC Logo and will have the MOC Statement.
Types of Activities:
- Live
- Enduring Materials
- Journal-Based CME
- Internet Searching & Learning
- Test Item Writing
Sampling of Medical Knowledge Topics of Interest to ABIM Diplomates:
- Adolescent Medicine
- Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant Cardiology
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
- Critical Care Medicine
- Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
- Gastroenterology
- Geriatric Medicine
- Hematology
- Hospice & Palliative Medicine
- Hospital Medicine
- Infectious Disease
- Internal Medicine
- Interventional Cardiology
- Medical Oncology
- Nephrology
- Patient Safety
- Pulmonary Disease
- Quality Improvement
- Rheumatology
- Sleep Medicine
- Sports Medicine
- Transplant Hepatology
American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) MOC Statement Language
“Successful completion of this CME activity, which includes participation in the evaluation component, enables the participant to earn up to [XX] MOC points [and patient safety MOC credit] in the American Board of Internal Medicine’s (ABIM) Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program. Participants will earn MOC points equivalent to the amount of CME credits claimed for the activity. It is the CME activity provider’s responsibility to submit participant completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABIM MOC credit.”
AMERICAN BOARD OF MEDICAL SPECIALTIES (ABMS) MOC DIRECTORY
The ABMS/AAMC have created a seamless process to help member board diplomates easily find CME-accredited activities that fulfill Parts II and IV for the various specialties they support. They have created an application process for submission, whereby multiple boards can work collaboratively. Once completed the application will be presented to the targeted ABMS member boards for MOC approval.
Types of Activities:
- Internet Enduring Materials
- Journal CME
- Performance Improvement (PI-CME)
- Internet Point of Care CME
- Live Activities
ABMS Member Boards:
- American Board of Allergy and Immunology
- American Board of Anesthesiology
- American Board of Colon and Rectal Surgery
- American Board of Dermatology
- American Board of Emergency Medicine
- American Board of Family Medicine
- American Board of Internal Medicine
- American Board of Medical Genetics and Genomics
- American Board of Neurological Surgery
- American Board of Nuclear Medicine
- American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- American Board of Ophthalmology
- American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery
- American Board of Otolaryngology
- American Board of Pathology
- American Board of Pediatrics
- American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
- American Board of Plastic Surgery
- American Board of Preventative Medicine
- American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
- American Board of Radiology
- American Board of Surgery
- American Board of Thoracic Surgery
- American Board of Urology