title: Practical Applications for Maintenance of Certification Products in Child and Adolescent Residency Training.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The authors evaluated whether Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Performance-in-Practice products in training increases trainee knowledge of MOC processes and is viewed by trainees as a useful activity.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six child and adolescent psychiatry fellowships used MOC products in continuity clinics to assess their usefulness as training tools. Two surveys assessed initial knowledge of MOC and usefulness of the activity.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Forty-one fellows completed the initial survey. A majority of first-year fellows indicated lack of awareness of MOC in contrast to a majority of second-year fellows who indicated some awareness. Thirty-five fellows completed the second survey. A majority of first- and second-year fellows found the activity easy to execute and would change something about their practice as a result.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Using MOC products in training appears to be a useful activity that may assist training programs in teaching the principles of self- and peer-learning.
authors: Balor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA. laurelw@bcm.edu.
authors: Laurel L
authors: LL
authors: Williams
authors: Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University, Augusta, GA, USA.
authors: Sandra
authors: S
authors: Sexson
authors: Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors: Arden D
authors: AD
authors: Dingle
authors: University of Missouri School of Medicine, Columbia, MO, USA.
authors: Laine
authors: L
authors: Young-Walker
authors: Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors: Nadyah
authors: N
authors: John
authors: Alpert Medical School of Brown University Bradley Hospital, East Providence, RI, USA.
authors: Jeffrey
authors: J
authors: Hunt
mesh_terms: D002568:Certification; D002665:Child Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003479:Curriculum; D004503:Education, Medical, Graduate; D005257:Fellowships and Scholarships / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006783:Hospitals, State / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D000297:Psychology, Adolescent / Q000193:education*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States
keywords: Certification; Child psychiatry; Curriculum development; Teaching methods