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review of the following information highlighted below may assist with your inquiry concerning -
- PRIORITY INFORMATION - Osteopathic Continuous
Certification (OCC)
- Application Forms
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Verification of Certification
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CME Hours to Maintain
Certification
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OSTEOPATHIC
CONTINUOUS CERTIFICATION (OCC) BEGINS JANUARY 1, 2013:
Beginning January 1,
2013, another component will be added to the requirement for Osteopathic
Continuous Certification - Practice Performance Assessment and
Improvement. This component will incorporate practice-based learning and
systems-based practice
through the use of the AOA's Clinical Assessment Program, to be titled for
AOBFP use as OCCAP (Osteopathic Continuous Certification Assessment Program),
in combination with educational units to be developed to complement the
existing measure sets. An alternative process will be required of those
not practicing full scope family medicine or in an academic or administrative
setting.
Click HERE to view OCC process document
Click
HERE to view OCC
FAQs
Click
HERE to access application for module
completion
Phase in
Requirements starting with Initiation of OCC process Jan. 1, 2013 thru Dec.
31, 2020
1. For those
diplomates with certificate expiration dates in 2019 or 2020 - completion of four OCC
modules will be required prior to their next recertification;
2. For those
diplomates with certificate expiration dates in 2016, 2017, or 2018 - completion of two OCC
modules will be required prior to their next recertification;
3. For those
diplomates with certiifcate expiration dates in 2013, 2014, or 2015 - no modules will be
required until next recertification cycle.
Applications for OCC module
completion ARE NOW AVAILABLE. CLICK HERE TO ACCESS APPLICATION
FOR MODULE COMPLETION. A separate application for
completion of the cognitive/practical exam will be required for submission
within the last two years of your certificate cycle.
PAIN
MEDICINE CONJOINT CAQ EXAM:
The
first administration of a Conjoint Certification of Added Qualifications (CAQ)
exam in Pain Medicine is scheduled for June 1, 2013 in Chicago, IL.
Another administration is scheduled for Sept. 28, 2013 in Las Vegas, NV during
the OMED conference. Access further information and an application at www.aoepm.org.
APPLICATION
FORMS FOR INITIAL CERTIFICATION EXAM:
The applications for
the Fall 2013 examinations may be downloaded from this website. Click on 'enter site'
above and then select 'Certification Requirements and Apps' from the blue
section at the top of the home page. The initial postmark deadline date
for the certification application is April 1, with a final postmark deadline of
June 1 and the initial postmark
deadline date for the application for the cognitive/practical recertification
exam is April 1, with a final
postmark deadline of June 1. ONLY THOSE DIPLOMATS WITH CERTIFICATES EXPIRING IN
2013 OR 2014 MAY BE ELIGIBLE FOR THE FALL 2013 ADMINISTRATION OF THE OCC/RECERTIFICATION
COGNITIVE AND PRACTICAL EXAMS (only to be completed within two years of
certificate expiration).
VERIFICATION
OF CERTIFICATION:
To
obtain a 'physician profile', contact the AOA Information Association at
(800)621-1773. The profile is the official form for verification of
certification awarded by the American Osteopathic Association.
CME HOURS TO MAINTAIN CERTIFICATION:
Certified
physicians in family practice and osteopathic manipulative treatment are
required to maintain a total of 150 CME hours, 30 hours more than the 120 hour
AOA membership requirement. Thirty
(30) of the 150 hours must be in category 1-A to meet the AOA requirement.
Fifty
(50) of the required 150 CME hours for the three-year cycle must be
documented in the primary specialty area of family practice and OMT. Following is a listing of the
classification of hours that may apply toward the primary specialty for the
2013-2015 cycle (Hrs. acceptable in some categories have changed from the
prior cycle). Only those programs which are presented by an AOA or
ABMS board-certified physician may apply toward specialty CME requirements.
CME Activity
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Hrs.
Applicable Toward 50 Hr. Primary Specialty Requirement
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1. AOA Annual
Scientific
Seminar
&
Convention
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All credit hours up to 50 are applicable to the
specialty.
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2. AIDS Seminars
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All credit hours up to 5 for both osteopathic and
allopathic AIDS seminars.
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3. Risk
Management
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All credit hours up to 5 for both osteopathic and
allopathic risk management courses.
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4. Ethics
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None
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5. Specialty College
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All credit hours up to 50; including state ACOFP
mtgs.
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6. AOA State Society
Seminar
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Up to 25 of the applicable credit hours.
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7. Medical
Journals and
Home Study Courses
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All credits up to 20 for journals and home study courses
for both osteopathic and allopathic organizations.
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8. Exhibits –
Commercial
and
Scientific
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All credit hours up to 5
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9. AMA/AAFP
Courses
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All
credit hours up to 25
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10. Formal Teaching in
the
Specialty (Osteopathic)
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All credit hours up to 25
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11. Standardized
Life
Support Courses
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All credit hours up to 5
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12. Recertification Exams and CAQs
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All credit hours up to 15:
- Passing
CAQs
- Passing
recertification exams
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13. Publications
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All credit hours up to 15
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14. Healthcare
Facility
Meetings
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No specialty credits are granted
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15. Hospital
Inspections
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No specialty credits are granted
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16. Acute Care
Hospital
Programs
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All credit hours up to 25
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17. COM Seminars
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All credit hours up to 25
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18. Osteopathic
Foundations
Seminars
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All credit hours up to 25
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19. Osteopathic Preceptoring
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All
credit hours up to 25
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20. Test Construction/Administering Oral &
Practical Exams
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All
credit hours up to 10
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The AOA
Department of CME has begun to designate on the current individual activity
reports the hours applicable to the primary specialty area.
Posted 5/2/2013
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