ABIM MOC Survey Results Announced

We have previously written about the way the American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) is seeking physician input on Maintenance of Certification (MOC) assessments. recently, ABIM announced the findings from that recent survey. All ABIM Board Certified physicians were invited to participate in the survey, and over 9,200 responded, a 4.7% response rate.
ABIM presented the results from the survey ("Improving the MOC Assessment Experience") at a recent ABIM meeting, in front of more than seventy leaders of medical societies. Following the presentation, the ABIM Board of Directors and Council continued discussions, considering physician-guided recommendations about options for updating the MOC assessment process. Through those discussions, ABIM will also create a timetable to seek feedback from physicians, launch a pilot, evaluate the pilot, and eventually implement changes.
ABIM made inferences about the full population of ABIM Board Certified physicians from a representative sample of 1,225 physicians. The random representative sample had a 29.4% response rate; and, in an attempt to correct non-response bias, ABIM "weighted sample responses and performed multiple imputations."
Key Survey Findings from the Representative Sample
Of the representative sample, 86% responded positively to the idea of taking an assessment at home or in their office, instead of the typical testing center, and were comfortable with potential tasks necessary to facilitate secure, remote assessm...

Source: Policy and Medicine - May 5, 2016 Category: American Health Authors: Thomas Sullivan - Policy & Medicine Writing Staff Source Type: blogs