1. MOC Poll Results Fall 2017

2. MOC Poll Response Selection Criteria and Methods
Included all 12,739 active and retired ABD-certified Academy Fellow and Life members
Respondents
2,662 polls were completed and submitted by September 11, 2017
Response rate = 21%*
* Slightly greater response rate as MSDO all-member poll

3. Are you actively pursuing any Maintenance of Certification (MOC) requirements?
74% of the respondents are required to participate in MOC (compared
with 64% of the population of ABD board-certified members)
Pursuit of MOC Requirements*
All Respondents
MOC Required?
Yes No n %
1884
70.8%
1812
91.7% 72
10.5%
No-Does not apply
565
21.2% 7
0.4%
558
81.5%
Not Yet
211
8.0%
157
7.9% 54
No Response 2
0.1% 1
Total
2662
100.0%
1977
685
% of All Respondents
74.3%
25.7%

4. Do you support a process that evaluates ongoing professional competence to maintain your dermatology board certification?
72% of those who have to participate in MOC support a process that evaluates professional competence to maintain board certification.
Q2. Do you support a process that evaluates ongoing professional competence to maintain your derm board certification?
All Respondents
MOC required
MOC not required
and actively pursuing
and not pursuing N % n
Yes
1684
63.3%
1305
72.0%
231
37.7% No
957
36.0%
501
27.6%
367
60.0% NR 21
0.8% 6
0.3% 14
2.3%
Total
2662
100.0%
1812
612

5. Do you support MOC as currently configured to demonstrate ongoing professional competence?
79% of those who support a process did not support MOC as currently configured:
Q3. Do you support MOC as currently configured to demonstrate ongoing professional competence?
All Respondents
MOC required
MOC not required
and actively pursuing
and not pursuing n %
Yes
212
12.6%
157
12.0% 37
16.0% No
1335
79.3%
1074
82.3%
148
64.1%
No Opinion 97
5.8% 50
3.8% NR 40
2.4% 24
1.8% 9
3.9%
Total
1684
100.0%
1305
231

6. Should the ABD/ABMS require the following to demonstrate ongoing competence throughout your professional life?
Overwhelmingly, respondents who support a process agreed that ABD/ABMS should require a demonstration of professional competence via annual proof of licensure and CME self-assessment:
Q4. Should the ABD/ABMS require the following to demonstrate ongoing competence throughout your professional life?
All Respondents
MOC required
MOC not required
and actively pursuing
and not pursuing n %
Annual proof of licensure
1578
93.7%
1245
95.4%
198
85.7%
Ongoing CME self-assessment
1561
92.7%
1215
93.1%
210
90.9%
Closed book exam every 10 years
378
22.4%
307
23.5% 37
16.0%
Practice assessment/performance improvement
286
17.0%
194
14.9% 65
28.1%
All
1684
1305
231

7. The ABD/ABMS board certification should be…
Half of respondents who are required to participate in MOC said certification should be time-limited with CME only. Those not required to participate in MOC favored once in a lifetime milestone, followed by CME:

8. To what extent do you agree with the following statements?
Overall, respondents agreed with most statements except “participation in MOC as currently configured improves patient care” and were split on “periodic recertification validates continued professional credibility”: