Question 1: What is the principle benefit of MOC? |
Reference: | http://www.abms.org/board-certification/value-of-board-certification-to-health-care/ |
Choice A: | Removing poor performing diplomates from the pool of certified physicists |
Choice B: | Improving the average performance of the pool of diplomates |
Choice C: | Selecting the top 20% of medical physicist diplomates |
Choice D: | Encouraging states to require licensure for medical physicists |
Question 2: What is the only other ABMS board, beside the ABR, that certifies non-physicians? |
Reference: | http://www.abms.org/about-abms/ |
Choice A: | American Board of Nuclear Medicine. |
Choice B: | The American Board of Anesthesiology. |
Choice C: | The American Board of Medical Genetics. |
Choice D: | The American Board of Pathology. |
Question 3: Approximately, how many questions must a Diplomate answer each year to satisfy OLA requirements? |
Reference: | https://www.theabr.org/interventional-radiology/maintenance-of-certification/knowledge-judgment-skills-assessment/ola-scoring-results |
Choice A: | 20 |
Choice B: | 50 |
Choice C: | 75 |
Choice D: | 100 |
Question 4: How many questions must a Diplomate answer before their first performance evaluation? |
Reference: | https://www.theabr.org/interventional-radiology/maintenance-of-certification/knowledge-judgment-skills-assessment/ola-scoring-results |
Choice A: | 50 |
Choice B: | 100 |
Choice C: | 200 |
Choice D: | 400 |
Question 5: According to the ABR, which of the following activities meets the criteria of satisfying the requirements of participating in a Practice Quality Improvement (PQI) Project? |
Reference: | https://www.theabr.org/diagnostic-radiology/maintenance-of-certification/improvement-medical-practice/participatory-activities |
Choice A: | Annual survey of a mammography system. |
Choice B: | Giving a lecture on CT. |
Choice C: | Participating in the radiation safety committee. |
Choice D: | Calculating the dose to the fetus of a pregnant patient. |
Question 6: How many items may a diplomate decline each year? |
Reference: | https://www.theabr.org/interventional-radiology/maintenance-of-certification/knowledge-judgment-skills-assessment/ola-scoring-results |
Choice A: | None. |
Choice B: | 5 |
Choice C: | 10 |
Choice D: | 20 |