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Continuing Medical Education in MOCA – FAQs
Continuing Medical Education (CME) is a very important tool in the completion of Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology. First, a diplomate’s participation in continuing medical education is an indication that he or she is committed to excel in the field. Second, and most importantly, a specific number of credits in Continuing Medical Education are required to finish part two of the MOCA program. Here are some of the frequently asked questions regarding continuing medical education and its relevance to MOCA:
1. How many credits of Continuing Medical Education do I need to complete?
If you got your diplomate certification in 2004 onwards, you have to complete no less than 350 credits within ten years and at least 250 of those credits have to be under Category 1 of the AMA guidelines. Those who entered the MOCA program after the 1st of January 2008 must complete a specific number of Continuing Medical Education Credits based on the year you got your diplomate certification.
2 Financial Secrets Medical Doctors Hide From Their Spouses
A word to the wives……
Is it wise to expose them? Just the fact that across the board the incomes of physicians and all health care professionals continues to drop for reasons other than the obvious causative factors, these juicy bits of knowledge certainly can have a profound positive effect in reversing the trend we all are quite aware of inside the profession.
If you are wondering why it’s important for wives, spouses, and families to understand the underlying, yet resolvable, let’s call them “financially obscured” issues, it’s because they are too mentally degrading for doctors to admit to anyone. Many times these obscured financial elements are forgotten, never considered, repressed by the subconscious mind, considered unnecessary, and even a serious reflection on one’s self-esteem for any physician to admit.
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