Requirements |
Description |
Certification Year |
| Part 1 - Professional Standing |
- Valid, unrestricted state licenses
- Certification may be withdrawn if licenses are revoked or suspended.
|
1998 - present year |
| Part 2a - Lifelong Learning |
- Category 1 CME credits over the 10-year cycle, 80 percent to radiation therapy or oncology
|
Number of Credits |
|
200 |
2005 - present year |
160 |
2004 |
140 |
2003 |
120 |
2002 |
100 |
2001 |
80 |
2000 |
60 |
1999 |
40
|
1998
|
| Part 2b - Self Assessment |
- Include ABR-qualified radiation oncology refresher courses, workshops, reading assignments, etc.
- The diplomate must take a self-administered exam in conjunction with each program.
- Two to three SAMs should be taken in each three-year period.
- Educational component of SAMs may count toward CME requirement as well as fulfilling the SAM requirement.
|
Number of SAMs |
|
8 |
2004 - present year |
7 |
2003 |
6 |
2002 |
5 |
2001 |
4 |
2000 |
3 |
1999 |
2 |
1998 |
Part 3 - Cognitive Expertise |
13 Content Areas
Offered two or more times annually.
May be taken during any of the last three years of the 10-year MOC cycle.
|
2005 - present year |
| Part 4 - Performance in Practice |
This component will ensure that each diplomate engages in practice assessments and quality improvement in the professional practice of radiation oncology.
PQI projects are:
- Self-reported - type 1- examples in development to be available on the ABR Web site
- Society-based - type 2 - (ASTRO's PAAROT) – a total of three PQI projects (at least one of which is type 2) are required during the 10-year MOC interval, one in each three-year period.
|
|
2005 - present year
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2002-2004
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1999-2001
|
Begin PP; identify PI for next period
|
1998
|
American Board of Radiology, 2007
For more information, please visit the ABR online at www.theabr.org.
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