opportunities per week, and questions are available for 4 weeks. Participants can complete them on their own time, and many answer all available questions in the first part of the year, then take the rest of the year off after fulfilling their annual progress requirement. Diplomates also have the option to store up to eight questions, providing extra flexibility for those who may be out of town or wish to answer questions later. Offering many different approaches, OLA can be tailored to meet the needs of the individual.
Functioning as both a summative and formative assessment tool, OLA has been well received. Many people enjoy learning from the questions and gain a sense of confidence that they’re keeping up. They can also now see a summative evaluation of their knowledge over several years.
Every OLA question includes a mechanism to submit feedback. We encourage diplomates to make suggestions on the wording of questions or any information that needs to be updated.
Additionally, we have developed robust tools for evaluating the performance of individual questions and addressing those that do not meet certain psychometric standards. We want our questions to be meaningful and valuable, but also to be correct and to function appropriately.
How this will impact OLA participants We want to emphasize that the change in the SA-CME requirement affects only diplomates who are completing their annual OLA progress requirement. Previously, all diplomates were required to complete 75 Category 1 CME credits in the previous three years, with 25 of those being self-assessment CME, to fulfill the Part 2 MOC requirement. As of 2023, while 75 CME are still required, those credits will no longer need to have a self-assessment designation.
How this will impact those not participating in OLA As part of this change, the ABR will no longer offer SAM Deemed Status to societies such as SIR. As such, SIR will no longer offer SA-CME for any educational
offerings as of Jan. 1. This includes live events, live webinars and on-demand enduring material education.
Diplomates who do not participate in OLA will still need to complete 75 Category 1 CME credits in the previous three years, of which 25 must be SA-CME. Diplomates may also earn credits through enduring materials such as journal-based CME activities, which will act as equivalent to SA-CME to fulfill credits.
One of the goals with this change is to free medical societies like SIR and others to offer a wider variety of CME opportunities without having to worry about the self-assessment designation. For every diplomate, we hope that the changes in the SA-CME requirement will make MOC even more robust and meaningful.
Anyone who has questions or is interested in learning
more may contact an ABR Certification Manager at
information@theabr.org or (520) 790-2900.
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