American Board Of Orthopaedic Surgery

Lifelong Learning Requirements

• Complete 240 AMA PRA Category I Credits™ relevant to Orthopaedic Surgery every 10 years.
• 40 of the 240 AMA PRA Category I Credits™ must be self-assessment examinations (SAE) or Self-Assessment Activities (SA). SAE are activities produced by organizations other than the ABOS, then approved for MOC credit by ABOS. SAE credit may be earned through:
  • Scored and recorded examinations
  • Portfolio Program
  • PIMs
  • Registries
  • Physician Scorecards
• The American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery is now participating in the CME for MOC Collaboration with the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education. All activities can be found on the ACCME CME Passport.