MOC's Irrelevancy To Public Unmasked In Time of Crisis
With the collapse of testing center availability, travel bans, and growing physician clinical demands, the American Board of Medical Specialties' lucrative Maintenance of Certification ® program recently proved how unnecessary it was to the public's wellbeing as each of the member boards followed the ABMS's announcement shuddering its entire Spring examination schedule and many maintenance of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - April 14, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
MOC's Irrelevancy To Public Unmasked In Time of Crisis
With the collapse of testing center availability, travel bans, and growing physician clinical demands, the American Board of Medical Specialties ' lucrative Maintenance of Certification ® program recently proved how unnecessary it was to the public ' s wellbeing as each of the member boards followed the ABMS ' s announcement shuddering its entire Spring examination schedule and many maintenance of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - April 14, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
MOC's Irrelevancy To Public Unmasked In Time of Crisis
With the collapse of testing center availability, travel bans, and growing physician clinical demands, the American Board of Medical Specialties' lucrative Maintenance of Certification ® program recently proved how unnecessary it was to the public's wellbeing as each of the member boards followed the ABMS's announcement shuddering its entire Spring examination schedule and many maintenance of (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - April 14, 2020 Category: American Health Authors: DrWes Source Type: blogs
The Great Suppression
Interesting opinion piece from the American Institute for Economic Research appeared online framing the "Great Suppression:"
I write on Saturday morning March 28, and right now there are two contrary strains about to collide. On the one hand, you have scientists reducing their death-rate predictions further and further, lopping off zeros by the day. On the other hand, this is accompanied by (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - March 30, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
Adjusting to Our "New Normal"
It's hard to image what life was like a month ago since so much has changed. The world seems surreal right now: little to no traffic, the hustle and bustle of our cities gone, and the quiet. So much quiet.
Life has changed significantly in our home, as I attempt to strip at my backdoor after returning from work, wash my hands, wipe my keys, phone, and wallet down, then head up stairs for a (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - March 28, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
The "Risk and Distraction" of MOC
From the American Board of Internal Medicine: We did not come to this decision lightly, but we believe removing the potential risk and distraction of sitting for a spring exam is the right thing to do for our diplomates and for the country at this time. Learn more: https://www.abim.org/media-center/Coronavirus-Updates.aspxPhysicians can help make sure this risky, unproven, and "distracting" ABMS (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - March 17, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
MOC's Sword of Damocles and the Platinum Rule
The current issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings has an article entitled "Maintenance of Certification and the Platinum Rule: An Existential Crisis" by Richard G. Ellenbogen, MD, E. Sander Connolly Jr, MD, and Fredric B. Meyer, MD. I encourage all to read it and the accompanying editorial by Suzanne M. Norby, MD from the Division of Nephrology and Hypertension and Mayo Clinic.
It is clear that MOC (Source: Dr. Wes)
Source: Dr. Wes - February 8, 2020 Category: Cardiology Authors: Westby G. Fisher, MD Source Type: blogs
