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In a new blog post published by Ophthalmology Times, Florida diplomate Joshua Mali, M.D., highlights the American Board of Ophthalmology's Quarterly Questions Pilot Program as one of ophthalmology's top stories of the year. He writes: "As a board certified ophthalmologist and ABO diplomate, I am currently using the pilot program and find it to be fantastic. I encourage all board certified ophthalmologists to consider utilizing it in their maintenance of certification." Click

The American Board of Ophthalmology is pleased to announce three changes to the upcoming article-based portion of the pilot, which begins October 1 in Q4. The article-based portion requires reading five articles from a list of 15 options and answering two questions per article (a total of 10 questions). The Q4 article-based questions focus on the application of knowledge and will be different from the 40 core questions already provided. What’s Different? More Time: You will h

Have you tried the American Board of Ophthalmology’s newest pilots for improving practice performance and assessing ophthalmic knowledge? Two optional programs are designed to help diplomates develop customized improvement projects and another works to build and measure current ophthalmic knowledge. More than 1100 of your colleagues have enrolled in one or more of these programs. Data-driven options for customizing improvement Over the 10-year cycle, every diplomate completes

Thank you to the 972 early adopters who helped the American Board of Ophthalmology to pilot our new Quarterly Questions program. In the first three months of this initiative, participants answered 17,626 questions related to comprehensive ophthalmology and provided valuable feedback that the ABO will use to improve the Quarterly Questions pilot. New questions for the third quarter of 2017 are now available at https://questions.abop.org. (If you haven’t explored this optional

The American Board of Ophthalmology is now accepting sign-ups from up to 20 diplomates interested in piloting the development of a customized quality improvement project based on patient feedback for Maintenance of Certification (MOC) practice improvement credit. Here's how it works: Click here to register for the pilot. (Signing up now will not require you to complete the pilot. We just want to make sure we follow up with you to provide all the information and instructions y

Nearly 800 diplomates have tried the new Quarterly Questions Pilot Program. Will you be next? In this one-minute video, we present the top five reasons to give this optional pilot program a try, according to diplomates who've tried the program. (Comments are kept anonymous to maintain diplomate privacy.) If you're ready to get started, simply log in to questions.abop.org. #pilots #americanboardofophthalmology #abocertification #collaboration #abo #codesign

Quarterly Questions is a pilot program being tested by the American Board of Ophthalmology as an alternative method for assessing the knowledge of practicing ophthalmologists. The program uses a longitudinal assessment model where a pass/fail decision is made on diplomate performance over time. If the pilot is successful, the new program may replace the DOCK Examination. Quarterly Questions focuses on fundamental knowledge needed in the everyday practice of ophthalmology (40

Thank you to diplomates who participated in beta testing for the new Quarterly Questions platform. We appreciate your helpful feedback and will be using your comments and suggestions to make improvements between now and the April launch to the full diplomate community. Over the last 10 days, 295 diplomates answered 5,635 questions! Be sure to check April's Diplomate Digest email for the official launch announcement! #pilots #crowdsourcing

Last June, the American Board of Ophthalmology announced its commitment to transition Maintenance of Certification (MOC) to a program of continuous certification focused on recognizing professional achievements that are more closely linked to the needs of our patients and the diplomate community. Today, I’m pleased to describe three important developments that move us closer to this goal. Effective immediately, Periodic Ophthalmic Review Tests (PORTs) are no longer required a

Where do American Board of Ophthalmology assessment questions come from? Hundreds of diplomates volunteer their time and expertise each year to generate content for initial certification and recertification exams. Beginning today, you're invited to join the item development team by contributing fresh content for the new Quarterly Questions pilot. Your challenge is to write seven questions according to the standards and instructions provided. Are you ready? To get started, wat

An exploratory pilot program for knowledge assessment, Quarterly Questions is exactly what it sounds like--questions delivered via computer, tablet, or mobile device on a quarterly basis. Officially launching in April 2017, the ABO-administered exam alternative pilot will consist of 20 questions delivered in Q2, 20 questions in Q3, and 10 questions in Q4 based on self-selected articles from ophthalmology's leading journals. Content will be based on the most important things o