The American Board of Anesthesiology
Member Board of the American Board of Medical Specialties
Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology
The Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA®) program is available to all ABA diplomates, whether or not their initial certification is time-limited. MOCA® is a ten-year program, and diplomates with a time-limited certificate must complete the program before their current certification expires in order to maintain their diplomate status.
Revised MOCA Part IV: Practice Performance Assessment and Improvement (PPAI) Program
Click here view the Revised MOCA Part IV: Practice Performance Assessment and Improvement (PPAI) Program.
Calendar of Activities
- Ongoing
- MOCA Applications Available
- January 5 - 19, 2008
- MOCA Cognitive Examination Administered
- August 2 - 16, 2008
- MOCA Cognitive Examination Administered
- Jan 3 - 17, 2009
- MOCA Cognitive Examination Administered
- Aug 1 - 15, 2009
- MOCA Cognitive Examination Administered
Frequently Asked Questions
How to Submit CME (LL-SA) Activities
MOCA Components
The MOCA program consists of four components:
- Professional Standing Assessment
- Lifelong Learning and Self-Assessment
- Cognitive Expertise Assessment
- Practice Performance Assessment
Please click on the links above to access more information from the ABA Booklet of Information about these components.
Application for Maintenance of Certification
To submit an application, you must first log into your portal account. Click here to log in and proceed to the online application. If you do not have a portal account, click here to create one.
General Information
A slide presentation of General MOCA program information from October 2007.
Fees
The ABA's application and examination fees are listed in the
Examination Tutorial
For important instructions on taking the MOCA/Recertification examination on computer, please click here.
You may download a tutorial from Pearson VUE onto your home computer by clicking here.
For instructions for downloading the tutorial onto your home computer, click here.
Please click here for the answers to questions on the ABA MOCA/Recertification Tutorial.
Content Outline
The ABA MOCA/Recertification Examination is comprised of 200 questions, of which approximately one-half of the questions are in General Anesthesia and approximately one-twelfth of the questions are in each of the following areas: Pediatric Anesthesia, Cardiothoracic Anesthesia, Neuroanesthesia, Critical Care Medicine, Obstetrical/Gynecologic Anesthesia, and Pain Medicine.
Examination Results
The results of ABA examinations are available to candidates online through their personal portal account, and are also mailed to candidates. The schedule for the 2008-2009 MOCA Cognitive Examination is shown below. The dates below represent the latest dates that the results will be available online or mailed.
To access your results, you must first log into your portal account. Click here to log in and proceed to the examination results. If you do not have a portal account, click here to create one.
Examination Schedule Examination Online Mailed January 2008 MOCA Cognitive Examination March 25, 2008 April 2, 2008 August 2008 MOCA Cognitive Examination October 15, 2008 October 22, 2008 January 2009 MOCA Cognitive Examination March 25, 2009 April 1, 2009 August 2009 MOCA Cognitive Examination October 14, 2009 October 21, 2009