Assessment of Practice Performance
Part IV of your ABEM MOC requirements is Assessment of Practice Performance , or APP.
To complete it, you must:
- Complete one Practice Improvement (PI) activity in years 1 through 5 of your certification and one PI activity in years 6 through 10 of your certification, and
- Complete one Communication/Professionalism (CP) activity in years 1 through 5 of your certification and one CP activity in years 6 through 10 of your certification.
Your deadlines for completing these requirements depend on your certification expiration date.
To check your own personal certification status and requirements, go to the ABEM website and log on to ABEM MOC Online.
For more information, go to the ABEM MOC Assessment of Practice Performance resources on the ABEM website, or call ABEM, 517-332-4800, or e-mail moc@abem.org.
Here’s what ACEP has to help you complete ABEM MOC Part IV
“ABEM: MOC, LLSA, APP – Enough! Just Tell Me How to Stay Certified!”
Presented by Terry Kowalenko, MD, FACEP
In this lecture from the 2012 Scientific Assembly, Dr. Kowalenko, an ABEM director, explains how to successfully complete the four components of Maintenance of Certification.
ACEP Activities
The ACEP Patient Safety CME Task Force is developing performance improvement pathways and CME modules to help ABEM diplomates satisfy their Part IV requirements. If approved by ABEM, these activities will be accessible from the list below.
- PI for Patient Safety: Preventing Medication Errors - Coming Spring 2013
- PI for Patient Safety: Planning Safer Discharges - Coming Spring 2013
- PI for Patient Safety: Improving Transitions of Care (Handoffs) - Coming Spring 2013
- PI for Patient Safety: Keeping Patients Safe in Crowding and Boarding - Coming Summer 2013
- PI for Patient Safety: Making Procedures Safer - Coming Summer 2013
ABEM Resources