Maintenance of Certification
Opportunities to earn Maintenance of Certification credit
Receive credit for work you are already doing
Mass General Brigham Continuing Professional Development is the system-wide sponsor for the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS) Portfolio Program. We help Mass General Brigham-affiliated physicians and physician assistants fulfill ABMS Maintenance of Certification (ABMS MOC®) Improvement in Medical Practice (Part IV) requirements. Our goal is for you to receive credit for work you are already doing and that is meaningful to you.
We support awarding MOC credits for:
Authors of Quality Improvement Posters
Quality Improvement/
Patient Safety Leaders
Providers who use educational activities to improve practice
Traditional Quality Improvement Projects
What do you have to do?
Decide what type(s) of QI work you would like to submit using the chart below. Submit your work or request information using the links provided.
Type of QI work | Basic requirements | Who should submit |
Quality improvement poster | Poster must: | partnerscpd@partners.org |
Quality/patient safety leadership | You must: | Quality/Patient Safety Leaders |
Practice improvement for continuing education participants | You must: | Participants in continuing education activities who implement changes and review data to improve their practice |
Traditional QI projects | You must: | Individuals, teams, practices, departments or hospitals that implement quality improvement projects |
What will you receive?
You will receive credit for completion of a project through the ABMS Portfolio Program. Depending on your board, the credit will fulfill all or part of your improvement in medical practice/Part IV MOC requirement. The attached chart provides detail on what diplomates of each board receive for documented participation in an ABMS Portfolio Program project. Click here to view to participating boards.
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