The American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) officially launched MOCA-Peds (Maintenance of Certification Assessment for Pediatrics) in 2019 after a two-year pilot. MOCA-Peds is the default option for pediatricians to fulfill their Maintenance of Certification (MOC) exam requirement.
This page describes the research methods used to build and evaluate MOCA-Peds — based on the experience and input from tens of thousands of board-certified pediatricians — and provides some of the research results.
To provide an optimal user experience, the ABP has gathered feedback from user panels, in-person and virtual focus groups, in-person usability tests, and surveys with both pilot and 2019 participants. As of January 2018, more than 200 pediatricians participated in the in-person and virtual groups, and nearly every participant in the pilot — exceeding 10,000 pediatricians — responded to the surveys.
To learn more about MOCA-Peds and how it works for pediatricians, please visit our MOCA-Peds webpage. If you are a pediatrician and want to learn how you are personally affected, please log in to your ABP Portfolio.
Learn More About MOCA-Peds Results
NEW: Read about the overall scoring, participation, and survey results for MOCA-Peds in our evaluation results dashboard.
Performance Reports
The reports below provide a graphical summary of pediatrician performance in each of the content areas assessed by MOCA-Peds in 2022.
- General Pediatrics 2022 Content Area Feedback Report PDF)
- Adolescent Medicine 2022 Content Area Feedback Report PDF)
- Child Abuse Pediatrics 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Cardiology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Emergency Medicine 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Endocrinology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Gastroenterology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Hematology-Oncology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Nephrology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Pulmonology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Rheumatology 2022 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
2021 Performance Reports
- General Pediatrics 2021 Content Area Feedback Report PDF)
- Child Abuse Pediatrics 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Critical Care Medicine 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Endocrinology 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Gastroenterology 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Hospital Medicine 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Nephrology 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Pulmonology 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Rheumatology 2021 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
2020 Performance Reports
- General Pediatrics 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Child Abuse Pediatrics 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Gastroenterology 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Infectious Diseases 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Nephrology 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
- Pediatric Pulmonology 2020 Content Area Feedback Report (PDF)
Learn More About the MOCA-Peds Pilot
- Peer-reviewed articles reviewing the design of MOCA-Peds and pilot outcomes
- 2018: Who participated, where they work, and how they stay up-to-date
- 2017: Who participated, where they live, and what they think about it
- 2017 and 2018: Evaluation results (PDF)
- 2017: Evaluation results (PDF)
- A brief review of participation in MOCA-Peds in 2019 (PDF)
- A brief review of participation in MOCA-Peds in 2020 (PDF)
- A brief review of participation in MOCA-Peds in 2021 (PDF)
- MOCA-Peds: A review of Participation Since 2019 (Dashboard)
The formative evaluation of MOCA-Peds was made possible through funding from the ABP Foundation and conducted by ABP staff in partnership with RTI International, a global research firm.