Apr 22 minHow to Earn MOC Credit for Fighting COVID-19The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything, including the practice of ophthalmology. Board-certified ophthalmologists have always been ...
Dec 27, 201911 minSpecial Thanks to our 2019 VolunteersWithout the generous gift of our volunteers' time and talents, the work of the American Board of Ophthalmology would not be possible.
Nov 26, 20193 minHow One Board-Certified Ophthalmologist Challenged the Status Quo on Documenting Risks for Retinal DAfter 25 years in ophthalmology, busy Oregon-based glaucoma specialist J. Kevin McKinney, MD, had seen it all. But it was something the A...
Oct 3, 20191 minOregon-based Ophthalmologist to Receive the 2019 John G. Clarkson Award for Quality ImprovementAmerican Board of Ophthalmology Diplomate J. Kevin McKinney, MD, will receive the annual John G. Clarkson Award for Quality Improvement a...
Oct 2, 20191 minSee You in San Francisco!Give your certification status a check-up by checking in with the American Board of Ophthalmology at AAO 2019. All day Saturday, Sunday, ...
Sep 5, 20192 minJournal Highlights its Participation in Quarterly QuestionsSurvey of Ophthalmology has updated its website to promote its participation in the article-based component of the American Board of Opht...
Aug 29, 20193 minAsk a Test Scientist: Why Do We Need Two Kinds of Quarterly Questions?On July 1, the American Board of Ophthalmology released the article-based questions for the 2019 Quarterly Questions program. If you’re p...
Jul 31, 20191 minQuestions about MOC? Visit the ABO Learning Learning Lounge at AAO 2019The American Board of Ophthalmology will once again host a Learning Lounge during the American Academy of Ophthalmology's Annual Meeting,...
Jul 2, 20192 minAsk a Test Scientist: Why can't CME replace the assessment component of MOC?The Quarterly Questions program, which consists of 40 knowledge-based and 10 article-based questions annually, is the activity through wh...
Jun 3, 20193 minTwo New Options Now Available for ABO MOC Part IV: Improvement in Medical PracticeThe American Board of Ophthalmology (ABO) is pleased to announce the availability of new options for earning Maintenance of Certification...
May 22, 20192 minPerspectives on the Future of Board RecertificationThis month, analyses of the report on the future of recertification authored by the independent Continuing Board Certification: Vision fo...
Apr 3, 20193 minAsk a Test Scientist: What's the lifecycle of a Quarterly Question?To assemble a single year of the Quarterly Questions assessment program, it takes at least 530 test questions—enough to cover every subsp...
Apr 1, 20191 minA New Quarter of Questions Has LaunchedWhether you're an active participant in the Quarterly Questions program or you're simply waiting for the right opportunity to start, now ...
Mar 7, 20193 minDiscover New Ideas in the Improvement in Medical Practice Project LibraryOne option to complete an Improvement in Medical Practice activity for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Part IV credit is to design you...
Feb 27, 20193 minAsk a Test Scientist: Can Test Feedback Help Physicians Learn to Self-Assess More Accurately?Our ability to accurately self-assess is based on many factors, among them, our likelihood to employ cognitive biases. The most significa...
Feb 6, 20191 minABO Status Page Adjustments Make MOC Activity Progress and Next Steps ClearerOn Wednesday, February 6, the American Board of Ophthalmology released a minor update to its online Maintenance of Certification (MOC) St...
Feb 6, 20193 minGet More for Your Quarterly Questions Participation: Earn Patient Safety and Improvement in Medical In 2019, the American Board of Ophthalmology introduced two new incentives for Quarterly Questions participation which offer you the oppo...
Jan 2, 20193 min2019 Quarterly Questions: How 1 Activity Delivers 4 MOC BenefitsThe American Board of Ophthalmology’s Quarterly Questions program is both a learning activity and a longitudinal assessment tool that ser...
Jan 2, 20191 minABO MOC Program Named #3 on List of the Year’s Top 5 Stories in OphthalmologyOphthalmology Times blogger, vitreoretinal surgeon, and American Board of Ophthalmology diplomate Joshua Mali, MD, recently named the yea...
Dec 31, 20187 minGet to Know the 2019 American Board of Ophthalmology Maintenance of Certification ProgramExcellence begins at board certification, but it doesn’t end there. For physicians, what it means to be excellent advances with every new...