Workshop Will Help You Prepare for MOC Part 4

According to the Institute of Medicine, there is a substantial gap between recommended evidence-based practices and actual clinical care. To help bridge this gap and ensure lifelong learning, competence, and practice improvement, the American Board of Medical Specialties and the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology require a four-part maintenance of certification (MOC) process.

The four parts include professionalism and professional standing (Part 1), lifelong learning and self-assessment (Part 2), assessment of knowledge, judgment, and skills (Part 3), and improvement in medical practice (Part 4).

In response to MOC requirements, APA has developed a number of Performance-in-Practice (PIP) clinical modules to facilitate Part 4 physician practice assessment. The PIP clinical modules translate conceptual information from practice guidelines into practical steps, providing a learning experience that supports integration of evidence-based best practices into clinical care. They can be accessed here.

In addition to reviewing the use and implementation of PIP clinical modules, the workshop “Performance-in-Practice: Making It Work in Your Practice” will provide opportunity for questions and review of examples aimed at helping clinicians prepare for the MOC Part 4 practice-assessment requirements. Successful implementation of PIP modules in clinical practice could change the way in which new scientific information is adopted and disseminated by clinicians, thus lessening the current disparity between evidence-based best practice and actual care.

The workshop will take place on Saturday, May 16, from 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in Room 803 A-B, Level 800, South Building, Toronto Convention Centre. The session will be chaired by Annelle Primm, M.D., APA deputy medical director, and will include presentations by her, Farifteh F. Duffy, Ph.D., quality care research director in APA’s Division of Research, and Margo D. Lauterbach, M.D., a psychiatrist at Sheppard and Enoch Pratt Hospital in Baltimore. ■