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Continuing Medical Education for Anesthesia and Its Importance to MOCA
Continuing Medical Education or CME is a method for all medical professionals to stay updated in the latest technologies and discoveries in their field of choice. This is very important because medical science is an ever changing science, and what was true while you were still in school may not necessarily be considered to be helpful now. MOCA or Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology is an on-going process of assessment of one’s medical licensure specifically for anesthesiologists.
The concept of Maintenance of Certification started in 1999 with the ABMS or the American Board of Medical Specialties. Because ABA or the American Board of Anesthesiology is a member of ABMS, they implemented MOC activities. It was also a way for ABA to prove that they were committed to making certain that all their professional members strive for quality patient care as well as clinical outcomes. As I said, MOCA is a program that requires life-long commitment to the maintenance and improvement of an anesthesiologist’s quality of work. Only after a diplomate completes all MOCA requirements within ten years will he be awarded with a certificate for MOCA and be allowed to continue to practice in the specialty and subspecialty of anesthesia.
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Continuing Medical Education: Maintenance of Certification on Plastic Surgery
With the advent of Maintenance of Certification (MOC) and the need for continuing medical education (CME), the American Board of Plastic Surgery offers a Maintenance of Certification program for all plastic surgeons. They – along with all the 24 member boards of the ABMS or the American Board of Medical Specialties – found the need to make sure that all medical professionals under their organization are fully equipped with skills and knowledge to face all medical challenges that may come their way today and in the future. It is a well-known fact that medicine is not a constant science; new treatment for diseases is discovered every day and at almost the same rate, a new disease surfaces too. That is why we, medical professionals, must keep up with that trend through continuing medical education.
That is especially true in the field of plastic surgery. We now live in a society where there is a growing demand for perfection – in your job, your fashion sense, and most importantly, the way you look. The faintest of lines may send may to the doctor for Botox injections. With that growing demand is also a rising pressure among plastic surgeons to offer the best possible service they can offer. Of course, aesthetics is not the only reason. There are various other genetic conditions and malformations that need to be addressed by plastic surgeons; all the more reason for continuing medical education.
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