Comparing Maintenance of Certification and Certification Examinations

• In Event: 52.074 - Important Issues in Medical Licensure and Certification

Abstract

This experiment administered maintenance of certification (MOC) items to certification examinees and certification items to MOC examinees. Item performance and examinee performance comparisons suggest that the two examinations should be conceptually considered the same examinations except the width and depth of scientific foundations for certification and MOC examinations need delicate differentiations.

Authors

• Linjun Shen, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.

• Dorthea H. Juul, American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.