What is the value of certifying and maintaining certification (MOC) in diagnostic radiology?
• demonstrate to the public, peers, and colleagues your dedication to continuous quality improvement, continuous professional development and quality patient care; • represent an integral part of the quality movement in health care; • are held in esteem by patients and professional colleagues; • build on the validity of the initial certification process; • represent self-regulation by the profession to improve quality of care, and can be both synergistic with and leading other organizations dealing with quality care; • embrace adult learning principles of accumulated life experience, self-direction, goal-orientation, achievability, and respect for diplomates’ achievements, using intrinsic and extrinsic motivations and active participation; • and most importantly, represent the right thing to do. Patients, patient advocate groups, large healthcare purchasers, third party payers, and credentialing bodies are demanding more quality assurance and evidence of practice performance. If we do
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