tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post1473235718329508518..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: Doctors' Right to Privacy: Is MOC Collapsing Under Its Own Weight?DrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-61475953485255149702019-02-15T18:31:19.014-06:002019-02-15T18:31:19.014-06:00Why do unproven things like MOC? MONEY MONEY MON...Why do unproven things like MOC? MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY MONEY !!!<br />It's the MONEY, honey.Data DrivenFPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16109623952662818757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-66199618583402746962019-02-01T22:07:53.175-06:002019-02-01T22:07:53.175-06:00@anonymous, like you, I am also a Physician with a...@anonymous, like you, I am also a Physician with approx 40 years of practice of medicine. In todays times, really, knowing every tid bit of medicine is outdated. Use of technology available to all of us on our finger tips with it brings in a host of information sources/resources.<br />I will agree a one time test of knowledge and thereafter CMEs that one believes are pertinent and most suited to Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-56465028530884001482018-12-21T08:53:34.159-06:002018-12-21T08:53:34.159-06:00I agreeI agreeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17254821202669275255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-8844040326616184742018-12-18T19:12:02.889-06:002018-12-18T19:12:02.889-06:00What, you all are really surprised? The ABIM know...What, you all are really surprised? The ABIM knows it can get away with this type of abusive behavior because they KNOW that physicians are used to being told what to do and not to complain. Can you blame them? Doctors are experts at bending over and not fighting back. They get what they deserve. Can you please pass the Vaseline?Bungushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09858385148542064579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-11119352700387941652018-12-18T11:24:44.238-06:002018-12-18T11:24:44.238-06:00It was Russian hackers who wanted to smear ABIM th...It was Russian hackers who wanted to smear ABIM that did it. Let's appoint a special counsel to investigate the matter thoroughly so as to get the bottom of foreign interference in our country's Certification process. This is totally unacceptable!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23256868656294377752018-12-18T08:18:11.103-06:002018-12-18T08:18:11.103-06:00Although I was fortunate enough to successfully co...Although I was fortunate enough to successfully complete the KCI on Saturday, December 1st, It took an additional 1 hour to have the responses to my last 3 questions be "accepted" by the online module. There was no proctor to help and when I attempted to call Pearson from my phone, only a "live chat" was available. After 45 minutes, there was still no one to help me Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11484006728389345458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-64674870069047295962018-12-18T07:55:21.774-06:002018-12-18T07:55:21.774-06:00@anonymous - It certainly sounds like you were bor...@anonymous - It certainly sounds like you were born in the fifties and have little grasp of the use of information technology in patient care. Your standard arguments for MOC seem to identify you as an ABIM/ABMS shill.<br /><br />My first board certification was in 2001, when the use of information tech was in its infancy and I needed to memorize every bit of information. Much like landline Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17764207354894135768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-32054342700654886762018-12-18T02:30:45.240-06:002018-12-18T02:30:45.240-06:00I'm a physician. I graduated medical school i...I'm a physician. I graduated medical school in 1970. The expressed goal of the ABMS specialty boards is to assure the American public that a specialist in any one field is, to a reasonable level of probability, a competent clinician. It is clear that an every 10 year exam has its challenges in proving a specialist is competent. A 200-question exam is unlikely to prove competence -- most Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-7752039513639135412018-12-17T21:13:27.205-06:002018-12-17T21:13:27.205-06:00It is frightening to me that doctors allow themsel...It is frightening to me that doctors allow themselves to be abused in this fashion. What about the countless hours we spend discussing cases with colleagues, or the fortune and time we spend at meetings-- getting both "hard" and "soft" CME? Why should not these things suffice? If all of the docs that are "required" to obtain MOC said no...it's over.<br />If Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89885172564175062612018-12-17T19:28:18.875-06:002018-12-17T19:28:18.875-06:00ABIM is big scam and steal money from the doctors ...ABIM is big scam and steal money from the doctors <br />Who are those people and how this scam started and why we as a doctors has nothing to stop it ?<br />We should stop applying for that exam and report those people to FBI or other agencies <br />We shouhave the exam and the diploma from minsters of health not those stupid people and then life time certification and do CME every year for the Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16738908713489069006noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-43717296034625373692018-12-16T20:55:58.827-06:002018-12-16T20:55:58.827-06:00Now that MOC "activities" provide the bu...Now that MOC "activities" provide the bulk of the income for ABIM and ACP (and I'm sure other organizations), there's no chance that they will kill the golden goose merely because there is no evidence-based reason for doing this. Ostensibly, it's to keep up physician quality and competence, a laudable goal, but unsupported by results. And rest assured that ABIM, American Al Padillahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05222233079917409446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-6403531092448561532018-12-15T23:39:43.772-06:002018-12-15T23:39:43.772-06:00I became board certified because I think it is a n...I became board certified because I think it is a necessary evil but don't participate in the rest of it as I feel it is a scam and undue burden on physicians. I am appalled at how company or easily manipulated physicians are.Delfinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03224234239778427223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-60511939394214983212018-12-15T21:25:17.280-06:002018-12-15T21:25:17.280-06:00Dr. Baron,
Please post your salary.Dr. Baron,<br /><br />Please post your salary.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13064544054987142972018-12-09T16:08:04.747-06:002018-12-09T16:08:04.747-06:00Look for court documents involving Arora Board Rev...Look for court documents involving Arora Board Review and the ABIM for that conflicted attorney. What attorney names appear as Ballard Spahr lawyers on the documents with Dr. Arora and the countless doctors being bullied by BS lawyers? <br /><br />Was it not a Caveon client privacy attorney/ABIM partner Weinstein working with Caveon/Ballard and the Office of Investigations at ABIM on? the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-13849619015719677252018-12-09T15:48:59.347-06:002018-12-09T15:48:59.347-06:00Where is the public safety in the for-profit and s...Where is the public safety in the for-profit and so called not for profit corporations? Most of the boons they are receiving were lobbied for or a result of conspiratorial actions. <br /><br />Where is public safety being served? This is a ruse to achieve tax exempt status. The public truly does not use the ABMS or MOC criteria to choose a doctor. Neither certification or MOC have any independentPRnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-23300342160848780682018-12-09T15:37:26.918-06:002018-12-09T15:37:26.918-06:00It is an incestuous and tightly knitted group. The...It is an incestuous and tightly knitted group. The head of client privacy at Caveon worked for the ABIM/Ballard Spahr. Mar Weinstein.<br /><br />The former testing security director at the American Board of Radiology, Joe Kamel, now works for Caveon. <br /><br />The conflicts of interest are immense. <br /><br />While at the ABIM Christine Cassel served on the boards of Premier, Inc. The ABIM coi @ abim.orghttps://www.beckershospitalreview.com/quality/dr-christine-cassel-resigns-from-kaiser-premier-boards-amid-conflict-of-interest-controversy.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-77513251103344130092018-12-09T15:24:10.901-06:002018-12-09T15:24:10.901-06:00I just watched a Knowledge Check-in video below. D...I just watched a Knowledge Check-in video below. Doctor's consumer report warnings/commentary, Wes Fisher. <br /><br />We all have a lot of questions and almost no answers from the ABIM/ABMS.<br /><br />What relationship does Kryterion and Caveon have with the ABIM/ABMS/Pearson Vue - current and past? <br /><br />What relationship does Kryterion/Caveon/Foster/Fremer or anyone else at those Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-10561879783209997342018-12-09T14:17:04.310-06:002018-12-09T14:17:04.310-06:0010 versus 2 versus lifetime certification
"T...10 versus 2 versus lifetime certification<br /><br />"The timeline that ABIM cites is wrong, and their reports of "updating their website" are wrong as well."<br /><br />I'm interested in learning more about the actual timeline and how the ABIM's updates were misrepresented. Or any other information/experiences from folks' who took the Dec. test or any of ABIM'Flagged for Audithttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd4RhnijTO8noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5343583435745005222018-12-09T05:46:50.992-06:002018-12-09T05:46:50.992-06:00I took the exam on Saturday, and was only able to ...I took the exam on Saturday, and was only able to complete the first half of the exam. The timeline that ABIM cites is wrong, and their reports of "updating their website" are wrong as well. It was a "no-consequence" exam for me, but I don't get a chance to take it again, and the ABIM website still lists me as having my MOC exam completed by 12/31/19, even though they In the Discomfort of My Own Homenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-29452032170363865172018-12-06T20:00:10.802-06:002018-12-06T20:00:10.802-06:00ProctorCam, the product beneath the PV brand, was ...<br />ProctorCam, the product beneath the PV brand, was so prone to freezing, so many security leaks, countless dense packets of esoteric code, that it was just a nano-mil above its competitors' hopeless online proctoring tools. It's a miracle that anybody finished a test.<br /><br />Too many high-flying coders putting their fingerprints all over the cam's innards. The online testing Kick_Ass Muscovite Mulehttps://www.forbes.com/sites/maureensullivan/2015/03/18/when-does-parcc-test-security-turn-into-spying-on-kids/#21574b3b3146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-19423986383564096712018-12-06T06:51:22.722-06:002018-12-06T06:51:22.722-06:00You are routed to PearsonVue when you take an exam...You are routed to PearsonVue when you take an examination, ABIM does not host your online testing experience so yes this would be a PeasonVue issue as well. You might want to have some sort of insight into the inner workings of technology before spouting conspiracy theories. Then again Doctors don't seem to know how to use computers, or write legibly, or even take patients in a timely Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-85024996068467804132018-12-05T00:54:19.782-06:002018-12-05T00:54:19.782-06:00"Poor testing experience?" They should h... "Poor testing experience?" They should have said catastrophic failure! <br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-67001045206193907082018-12-04T20:43:23.413-06:002018-12-04T20:43:23.413-06:00From: ABIM
Date: Mon, Dec 3, 2018
Subject: Saturd...From: ABIM <br />Date: Mon, Dec 3, 2018<br />Subject: Saturday's Knowledge Check-In: What Happened?<br /><br />American Board of Internal Medicine <br /><br />Saturday's Knowledge Check-In: What Happened?<br /><br />Dear Dr.:<br /><br />On Saturday, December 1, 2018, during the ABIM Internal Medicine Knowledge Check-In (KCI) administration, Pearson VUE – ABIM's exam delivery provider Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-4082859096333377012018-12-04T19:14:45.155-06:002018-12-04T19:14:45.155-06:00Who will pay for those refunds? Who will pay for t...Who will pay for those refunds? Who will pay for the lawsuits? ABIM will pay court costs.<br /><br />This is too blatant to ignore. Everyone at ABIM should resign. Go back to having a board of volunteer physicians elected by working physicians, not politicians and the medical industrial complex. The board can be tasked with finding volunteers to write their tests. That is all that is needed. A Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-25900524000218246792018-12-04T19:04:02.972-06:002018-12-04T19:04:02.972-06:00Pearson Third Parties? ABIM Third Parties? ABIM sa...Pearson Third Parties? ABIM Third Parties? ABIM says no. <br /><br />Facts about Historic Partnerships<br /><br />Standard Pearson Contract from 2016 included Caveon testing security (Director of Investigations Mannes was with ABIM at the time and had close ties/working relations with Caveon. A profound conflict of interest and inormation that should have been made available online with their Pearson Caveon Third Party Partnership?http://www.studentprivacymatters.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/standard-pearson-contract-PARCC.pdfnoreply@blogger.com