Requirements
The requirements for earning the initial Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine (FPHM) certificate are different than other MOC programs. In order to earn an initial FPHM certification diplomates must:
- Hold valid, unrestricted medical license and confirmation of good standing in the local practice community.
- Pass the Hospital Medicine MOC exam.
- Have completed 100 points of self-evaluation within the past 10 years. 60 points must have been completed in the last three years. 20 points must be in medical knowledge and 40 points must be in practice performance.
Exam
Once accepted into the FPHM MOC program, you will be eligible to register for the Hospital Medicine MOC exam.
Note:
- Only the Hospital Medicine MOC exam satisfies the exam requirement for the FPHM MOC program.
- While you are participating in the FPHM MOC program, you are eligible to take the Internal Medicine MOC Exam.
- Your Internal Medicine MOC Exam will be applied to your Internal Medicine certification only upon withdrawal from the FPHM MOC program.
View Hospital Medicine Exam Dates and Exam Blueprint
TopSelf-Evaluation Points
In order to achieve the designation of board certified in Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine, in addition to passing the Hospital Medicine MOC exam and maintaining an unrestricted medical license, participants must have completed 100 points of self-evaluation within the past 10 years. Of these 100 points, 20 points in Self-Evaluation of Medical Knowledge and 40 points in Self-Evaluation of Practice Performance must have been completed in the last three years.
If you have previously enrolled in MOC and earned self-evaluation points, your points may automatically be applied toward the self-evaluation requirements for the FPHM MOC program.
Your MOC status report on the My Home Page section of Physician Login will track the valid self-evaluation points earned towards the new FPHM MOC program self-evaluation requirements.
Self-Evaluation of Medical Knowledge
Recommended modules:
Self-Evaluation of Practice Performance
Recommended ABIM PIMs Practice Improvement Modules®:
- Asthma (40)
- Cancer Screening (40)
- Care of Vulnerable Elderly (40)
- Clinical Supervision (20)
- Communication – Primary Care (20)
- Communication – Subspecialists (20)
- Communication with Referring Physicians (20)
- Completed Project (20)
- Diabetes (40)
- Hepatitis C (20)
- HIV (20)
- Hypertension (40)
- Osteoporosis (20)
- Preventive Cardiology (40)
- Self-Directed (20)
The Approved Quality Improvement (AQI) pathway grants physicians 20 MOC points for participating in externally developed QI activities.
- ACCP Venous Thromboembolism (VTE) Prophylaxis Performance Improvement Project
- ACP Closing the Gap: Cardiovascular Risk
- ACP Closing the Gap: Diabetes Care
- ACPNet Adult Immunization Project
- ACR AIM: Gout
- ACR AIM: Rheumatoid Arthritis
- CS2day (Cease Smoking Today) Online Performance Improvement Tool
- IPIP: Improving Performance in Practice
- SHM: Glycemic Control Mentored Implementation Program
- SHM: Project BOOST (Better Outcomes for Older Adults through Safe Transitions)
- SHM: Venous Thromboembolism Prevention Collaborative (VTE PC) Mentored Implementation Program
- University of Missouri Center for Health Policy: Health Literacy
- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health: Management of MRSA Hospitalized Patients a PI-CME Activity
Note: The Colonoscopy PIM and Essentials of Quality Improvement module can count toward 100 points of self-evaluation completed every 10 years, but they cannot count toward the requirements of 20 points in Self-Evaluation of Medical Knowledge and 40 points in Self-Evaluation of Practice Performance that must be completed in the last three years.
TopMaintaining your certification
To remain certified in Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine, you must:
- Hold valid, unrestricted medical license and confirmation of good standing in the local practice community.
- Earn 100 self-evaluation points, with at least 20 points from completing Self-Evaluation of Medical Knowledge modules and 40 points from completing Self-Evaluation of Practice Performance modules, in a five-year period. See Self-Evaluation Points.
- Re-attest to hospitalist practice experience every five years.
- Maintain ACLS certification.
The Colonoscopy PIM and Essentials of Quality Improvement module cannot count toward the requirements of 20 points in Self-Evaluation of Medical Knowledge and 40 points in Self-Evaluation of Practice Performance that must be completed in order to remain certified in Internal Medicine with a Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine.
Note: Given the ever-changing hospital medicine environment, there may be additional requirements for maintaining the FPHM certification in the future.