I agree. The current process is not necessary for us to continue to give good patient care. It is costly, takes time, and not helpful. I recently took the recertification exam and passed. It is not reflective of actual practice, however. I do not simply make a "guess" if I'm not 100% sure of a diagnosis. Who would want their physician to guess most of the time? You either look it up, ask a colleague, or consult a specialist.
. Why is the ABP not listening? If they do not listen to us, why do we have to listen to them?
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Matthew Downs
11 years ago
I would love to renew my AAP membership however I will not until it once again represents it's members in a reasonable fashion. Over the last several years it has become evident that the AAP is not an advocate for its members but in the business to make money through the MOC.
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Matthew Downs
11 years ago
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I would love to renew my AAP membership however I will not until it once again represents it's members in a reasonable fashion. Over the last several years it has become evident that the AAP is not an advocate for its members but in the business to make money through the MOC.
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Anonymous
11 years ago
I am not sure why maintaining our knowledge with CME activities is not enough. I also would liike a itemized bill for where all my money for the proctored exam, MOC costs are going. I actually had to get my PCP to write a note so I could have my insulin pump attatched to me along with having be able to keep glucose tablets at my testing area-my PCP does not have time to justify this nor do I (I had to write a personalized statement on why this was needed!). The performance in practice was a complete waste of time and took away from patient care/ did not improve it.
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Julianne Matt
11 years ago
I am not sure why maintaining our knowledge with CME activities is not enough. I also would liike a itemized bill for where all my money for the proctored exam, MOC costs are going. I actually had to get my PCP to write a note so I could have my insulin pump attatched to me along with having be able to keep glucose tablets at my testing area-my PCP does not have time to justify this nor do I (I had to write a personalized statement on why this was needed!). The performance in practice was a complete waste of time and took away from patient care/ did not improve it.
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Linda O'Leary, MD, FAAP
11 years ago
The current requirements are not helpful in providing excellent patient care. I find it offensive that we need to take a proctored exam in a "strip mall" testing center, because our families may think that we are "cheating"??? No one has ever asked me if I am Board Certified, nor if I have taken exams in a proctored setting. What a joke!
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Linda O'Leary, MD, FAAP
11 years ago
The current requirements are not helpful in providing excellent patient care. I find it offensive that we need to take a proctored exam in a "strip mall" testing center, because our families may think that we are "cheating"??? No one has ever asked me if I am Board Certified, nor if I have taken exams in a proctored setting. What a joke!
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Timothy G Gillespie
11 years ago
I derive no benefit from these exercises. Let's find a better way to ensure pediatricians are maintaining the best practice standards to avoid comparison with "providers" without the weight of burdensome and expensive exercises. Exams and CME should be sufficient.
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Timothy G Gillespie
11 years ago
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I derive no benefit from these exercises. Let's find a better way to ensure pediatricians are maintaining the best practice standards to avoid comparison with "providers" without the weight of burdensome and expensive exercises. Exams and CME should be sufficient.
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William F Pfeiffer MD
11 years ago
As pediatricians we are as a group the most amiable, altruistic and least financially driven of any group of people. Yet they managed to go so far as to P%&# us off. Keep sending emails to ABP and get your friends to as well. We've been complacent for way too long.
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William F Pfeiffer MD
11 years ago
As pediatricians we are as a group the most amiable, altruistic and least financially driven of any group of people. Yet they managed to go so far as to P%&# us off. Keep sending emails to ABP and get your friends to as well. We've been complacent for way too long.
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Jenny Pan
11 years ago
It's waste of time and money.
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Jenny Pan
11 years ago
It's waste of time and money.
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Rona L. Stein
11 years ago
I used to learn something from the open-book tests. Now it is useless and expensive.
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Rona L. Stein
11 years ago
I used to learn something from the open-book tests. Now it is useless and expensive.
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Paul Tebbe
11 years ago
Current MOC requirements are a joke. If Board certification was not a requirement of our practice I would not have done it.
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Paul Tebbe
11 years ago
Current MOC requirements are a joke. If Board certification was not a requirement of our practice I would not have done it.
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Jason Komasz
11 years ago
The current process is a box checking exercise. It is not indicative of true life-long learning. Keeping current is very important, but the MOC process is expensive and time-consuming and not helpful at all.
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Manny Ng
11 years ago
We certainly have to keep current, but the current process is certainly not helpful. It has no reflection on the reality of practice. If I don't know what is wrong with a patient, I simply don't make a guess and move on to the next one without followup.
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Katherine Frederick
11 years ago
Although I never was able to do the at home test, when a colleague took it I was struck by what a great learning experience it was. The test I recently took was unhelpful and the testing center experience was an insult to me as a professional. I refuse to show my socks and the insides of my pockets again for anyone. I didn't get here by being a cheater and I resent the implications. And don't get me started on the premise of having my patients say whether I washed my hands......
I agree. The current process is not necessary for us to continue to give good patient care. It is costly, takes time, and not helpful. I recently took the recertification exam and passed. It is not reflective of actual practice, however. I do not simply make a "guess" if I'm not 100% sure of a diagnosis. Who would want their physician to guess most of the time? You either look it up, ask a colleague, or consult a specialist. . Why is the ABP not listening? If they do not listen to us, why do we have to listen to them?
I would love to renew my AAP membership however I will not until it once again represents it's members in a reasonable fashion. Over the last several years it has become evident that the AAP is not an advocate for its members but in the business to make money through the MOC.
I would love to renew my AAP membership however I will not until it once again represents it's members in a reasonable fashion. Over the last several years it has become evident that the AAP is not an advocate for its members but in the business to make money through the MOC.
I am not sure why maintaining our knowledge with CME activities is not enough. I also would liike a itemized bill for where all my money for the proctored exam, MOC costs are going. I actually had to get my PCP to write a note so I could have my insulin pump attatched to me along with having be able to keep glucose tablets at my testing area-my PCP does not have time to justify this nor do I (I had to write a personalized statement on why this was needed!). The performance in practice was a complete waste of time and took away from patient care/ did not improve it.
I am not sure why maintaining our knowledge with CME activities is not enough. I also would liike a itemized bill for where all my money for the proctored exam, MOC costs are going. I actually had to get my PCP to write a note so I could have my insulin pump attatched to me along with having be able to keep glucose tablets at my testing area-my PCP does not have time to justify this nor do I (I had to write a personalized statement on why this was needed!). The performance in practice was a complete waste of time and took away from patient care/ did not improve it.
The current requirements are not helpful in providing excellent patient care. I find it offensive that we need to take a proctored exam in a "strip mall" testing center, because our families may think that we are "cheating"??? No one has ever asked me if I am Board Certified, nor if I have taken exams in a proctored setting. What a joke!
The current requirements are not helpful in providing excellent patient care. I find it offensive that we need to take a proctored exam in a "strip mall" testing center, because our families may think that we are "cheating"??? No one has ever asked me if I am Board Certified, nor if I have taken exams in a proctored setting. What a joke!
I derive no benefit from these exercises. Let's find a better way to ensure pediatricians are maintaining the best practice standards to avoid comparison with "providers" without the weight of burdensome and expensive exercises. Exams and CME should be sufficient.
I derive no benefit from these exercises. Let's find a better way to ensure pediatricians are maintaining the best practice standards to avoid comparison with "providers" without the weight of burdensome and expensive exercises. Exams and CME should be sufficient.
As pediatricians we are as a group the most amiable, altruistic and least financially driven of any group of people. Yet they managed to go so far as to P%&# us off. Keep sending emails to ABP and get your friends to as well. We've been complacent for way too long.
As pediatricians we are as a group the most amiable, altruistic and least financially driven of any group of people. Yet they managed to go so far as to P%&# us off. Keep sending emails to ABP and get your friends to as well. We've been complacent for way too long.
It's waste of time and money.
It's waste of time and money.
I used to learn something from the open-book tests. Now it is useless and expensive.
I used to learn something from the open-book tests. Now it is useless and expensive.
Current MOC requirements are a joke. If Board certification was not a requirement of our practice I would not have done it.
Current MOC requirements are a joke. If Board certification was not a requirement of our practice I would not have done it.
The current process is a box checking exercise. It is not indicative of true life-long learning. Keeping current is very important, but the MOC process is expensive and time-consuming and not helpful at all.
We certainly have to keep current, but the current process is certainly not helpful. It has no reflection on the reality of practice. If I don't know what is wrong with a patient, I simply don't make a guess and move on to the next one without followup.
Although I never was able to do the at home test, when a colleague took it I was struck by what a great learning experience it was. The test I recently took was unhelpful and the testing center experience was an insult to me as a professional. I refuse to show my socks and the insides of my pockets again for anyone. I didn't get here by being a cheater and I resent the implications. And don't get me started on the premise of having my patients say whether I washed my hands......