The American Board of Anesthesiology is replacing its Recertification in Anesthesiology program with the Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA®) program.
The voluntary program for Anesthesiology Recertification will end in 2009.
If your ABA certificate is not time limited and you think you have a need to recertify,
you must apply for admission to the Anesthesiology Recertification examination by December 31, 2008. No applications will be accepted after this date.
Currently either program is available to ABA diplomates who were certified prior to January 1, 2000.
The ABA issued diplomates certified on or after January 1, 2000 a certificate that is valid for 10 years.
Diplomates with a time-limited certificate must satisfactorily complete Maintenance of Certification in Anesthesiology (MOCA®)
before their time-limited certificate expires to maintain diplomate status in the specialty. The Recertification in Anesthesiology program is not
available to these diplomates.
Application for 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.
Entrance Requirements
The ABA's Entrance Requirements are detailed in the 
Booklet of Information.
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.
Recertification Exam 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.
Click here to access the content outline.
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