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Medicine Mondays
So in my last post, I touched upon Maintenance of Certification (MOC). Now, in the recent news, information came out that the American Medical Association (AMA) has called for an immediate end to the MOC from the American Board of Medical Specialties (ABMS). Their official stance, as it currently stands, is here on their site. However, you may notice the language utilized in their official stance is more focused on partnership and improvement of MOC, rather than its […]
Maintenance of Certification – AMA Update
Maintenance of Certification (MOC) Ok, first of all, what is “maintenance of certification”? After 4 years of medical school, 1 year of internship, 4 years of residency, passing my board exam, and then doing a year of fellowship, I thought I was “done” with “all this stuff” [insert hand waving here]. Please understand that I knew I would have to keep learning, since the practice of medicine is a life-long learning profession, but I was […]
Maintenance of Certification (MOC)
*What is “The Track”? “The Track” is the road to being a physician. Every step of the way you are on “the track”. *What do you mean? Well, when one decides to become a physician, they have given themselves a direction and placed them firmly on “the track”. This decision can come as young as the classic “I’ve always wanted to be a physician” or as old as “I hate my current job and missed […]
The Track
There was recently a post on kevinmd.com about physician suicide which included a video. Found here It’s somewhat of an exaggeration about the constant stressors a physician (a hospitalist in this case) has to face in his/her daily life… however, not by much. If you google search “Physician Suicide” the top 3 results are: A Medscape Article – Updated: Jul 09, 2015 A Daily Beast Article – Posted 03.22.15 11:25 PM ET A New York Times Article – Posted SEPT. 4, 2014 […]
Physician Suicide
“Time of death, 11:56 pm” It was a Tuesday, my first Tuesday of night float actually. However, on that Tuesday I would forever be remembered as “Mrs. Smith’s last doctor” to her family. And on that Tuesday it will forever be the first time I had to pronounce the death of a patient, by myself, as a doctor. Like I said, it was Tuesday. I just started night-float on Sunday night, so this was my 3rd night of […]