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Maintenance of Certification (MOC) is a recently-implemented and controversial process of physician certification maintenance through one of the 24 approved medical specialty boards of the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) and the 18 approved medical specialty boards of the American Osteopathic Association (AOA). The MOC process is controversial within the medical community, with proponents claiming that it is a voluntary program that improves physician knowledge and demonstrates a commitment to lifelong learning. Critics claim that MOC is an expensive, burdensome, involuntary and clinically irrelevant process that has been created primarily as a money-making scheme for the ABMS and the AOA. Proponents claim that the Maintenance of Certification program was designed to help physicians keep abreast of advances in their fields, develop better practice systems, and demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning. Whether or not the MOC program accomplishes any of these stated goals is a matter of intense debate. == Maintenance of Certification and the medical community == Some major medical organizations gain profit from and have expressed support for the Maintenance of Certification program including the following: * (The American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) ) * (The American Osteopathic Association (AOA) ) * (The American Medical Association ) * (The American Hospital Association (AHA) ) * (The National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME) ) * (The Federation of State Medical Boards (FSMB) ) * (The Council of Medical Specialty Societies (CMSS) ) * (The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) ) * (The Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) ) * (The Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) ) Some major medical organizations do not gain profit from and do not support the Maintenance of Certification program, including the following: *Association of American Physicians and Surgeons (AAPS) *The National Board of Physicians and Surgeons *Docs 4 Patient Care Foundation (D4PC) *Physicians for Certification Change *Independent Physicians for Patient Independence (IP4PI) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Maintenance of Certification」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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