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Maintain
Certification
Accessing the MOC Program
To access the interactive features of the ABO web site, users must login using an ABO-designated username and password. Usernames and passwords are mailed to diplomates who are eligible to participate in the MOC components offered in 2009. Click here for information on obtaining a username and password.
About
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
Certificates issued by the Board in 1992 and thereafter are valid for a period of ten (10) years and expire December 31 of the tenth year. In order to extend the validity of his/her certificate for subsequent 10 year periods, a diplomate is required to satisfactorily participate in an on-going maintenance of certification (MOC) process.
Certificates issued prior to July 1, 1992 are valid during the diplomate's lifetime. Diplomates who hold a non time-limited certificate holders are encouraged to participate in the maintenance of certification process.
Maintenance of certification represents a change from the once every ten year recertification process originally implemented by the Board. MOC is based on an on-going self-improvement model and incorporates elements designed to encourage and facilitate acquisition and retention of key ophthalmic knowledge.
The intent of MOC is to provide assurance to the public and to the medical profession that certified physicians continue educational activities, keep current in information and skills, and practice in a contemporary and safe manner. The MOC components are designed to assess the knowledge, experience and skills requisite to the delivery of high standards of patient care in ophthalmology.
The MOC process was developed according to standards established by the American Board of Medical Specialties
(ABMS), the umbrella organization of the 24 medical specialty boards. MOC focuses on
six general competencies integral to quality care: patient care, medical knowledge, practice-based learning and improvement, interpersonal and communication skills, professionalism, and systems-based practice. These competencies were identified jointly by the ABMS and the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education
(ACGME) in an effort to define the skills and information necessary for a physician to deliver high quality patient care.
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