| April 2008 · Vol. 20, No. 04 COMMENT & CONTROVERSY
Readers speak out about Maintenance of Certification
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Quick Quotes
“With these new MOC requirements, any ObGyn on the fence about quitting may be motivated to give it a try.”
“ABMS apparently does not trust professionals to uphold their self-pledged commitment to continuous self-improvement.”
“When will we physicians unite and fight all the decrees, regulations, etc., with which we are being bombarded?”
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“Maintaining our cool with Maintenance of Certification,” by Robert L. Barbieri, MD
Dr. Barbieri’s February editorial triggered a robust response from readers outraged by the Maintenance of Certification (MOC) program established by the american board of medical specialties (ABMS). Not one writer articulated appreciation for the new requirements; the great majority aren’t maintaining their cool, and think that, taken as a whole, those requirements are a bad idea. Here are the letters we received about this issue.
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