Volunteering with the ABR: Diagnostic

Activity	Time Commitment	Travel	Method	Colleague Interaction

Write test questions for initial qualifying exams	From 10-25 hours over the course of a year; 3-year term	No	Web-based submission	Feedback from one or two individuals
Serve as examiner for (oral) final certifying exam	Five days first week of June; one-time commitment plus opportunity to state preference for frequency of reinvitation	Yes: Louisville KY	First day orientation session, followed by 2 - 4 full days of examining 13-16 candidates/day in subspecialty	Fifteen to 20 colleagues in same subspecialty, plus 175+ total diagnostic radiologists serving on examiner panels together; additional social opportunities
Serve as subspecialty committee member for Maintenance of Certification exam-development committee	One in person meeting One-two electronic meetings per year; 3-year term	Yes: Tucson AZ	Committee meeting combined with follow-up submitted electronically	Committee of colleagues in same specialty meets in person and electronically over three years
Application Reviewer for Self-assessment Modules (SAMs) for the Maintenance of Certification program	One-two hours (avg.) per review, 1-6 times per year; 3-year term	None	E-mail exchange, some FTP exchange for larger files	Occasional electronic contact with other reviewers in same subspecialty
Survey respondent – surveys related to various ABR issues, ranging from your current practice activities to your feedback on proposals	Less than one hour per survey, up to 12 times per year; can opt out at any time	None	Web-based surveys with checklists and occasional free-text responses	Summary of survey results