ABOS Maintenance of Certification

Newly certified Diplomates may begin to earn CME/SAE for MOC after passing the ABOS Part II Examination. Diplomates who have just completed their MOC Cycle may begin to earn CME/SAE for MOC beginning on the effective date of their Recertification. This date will always be January 1st of the first year in the 10 year MOC cycle.

Diplomates need a total of 240 CME credits, 40 of which are SAE credits or ABOS-approved practice improvement activities by the end of year 10 of their MOC cycle. Diplomates whose ABOS Board Certification expires in 2031 must earn 120 CME credits, 20 of which are SAE credits or ABOS-approved practice improvement activities in years 1-5 of the MOC Cycle. They must earn an additional 120 CMEs, 20 of which are SAEs, in years 6-10. Diplomates may not apply extra CMEs earned in years 1-5 in years 6-10.

More information can be found at the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery website.

ABOS Eligible Activities

Not all CME activities are automatically recognized for physician MOC credit.  Physician MOC credit is only reported for CME activities that meet the rigorous requirements set forth by a particular board and were approved by the CME provider in advance.  If an activity qualifies for MOC credit, it will be specifically stated and automatically reported to the board on our end.

The UPMC CCEHS offers ABOS MOC to a select number of activities meeting the board requirements. These activities will have the following statement, "Successful completion of this CME activity enables the learner to earn credit toward the CME requirements of the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery’s Maintenance of Certification program. It is the CME activity provider's responsibility to submit learner completion information to ACCME for the purpose of granting ABOS credit"

To have your completion of an ABOS approved activity transmitted to the board, please add your Date of Birth and Board/Board ID number to your UPMC CCEHS CME profile. Instructions can be found here.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Credits cannot be awarded retroactively. For this reason, if you were not awarded CME credit before the credit claiming deadline, or your CCE account, http://cce.upmc.com, did not identify you as an ABOS diplomate (including your Date of Birth (DOB), we are unable to transfer your credits