2018 AAPM Annual Meeting
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Session Title: Online Longitudinal Assessment (OLA) and the Evolution of the ABR Medical Physics Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
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
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