tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post3779093726385331667..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: A Cocktail ConversationDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-78141796390281235792008-04-14T12:07:00.000-05:002008-04-14T12:07:00.000-05:00We had some big arguements with the high-stakes bo...We had some big arguements with the high-stakes board exams up here. Who would administer them, which regulator gets to declare you compentant, etc... In the end the my understanding is there isn't a great correlation between your mark on the exam and your skill as a surgeon. I think they should leave high stakes exams for qualifying initially and CE programs for ongoing recertification. Is Ian Furst https://www.blogger.com/profile/11795888117578055704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-39993499816029812962008-04-13T22:40:00.000-05:002008-04-13T22:40:00.000-05:00For those of us who are super subspecialized, the ...For those of us who are super subspecialized, the recertification process is even less relevant. I do pediatric bone marrow transplantation. I am therefore board certified in Pediatrics and in Pediatric Hematology/Oncology. So every 7 years I have to take a multiple choice exam that includes questions on things I have not done, nor do I ever plan to do again, for decades. If I don't know the Doctor Davidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05561641468831789428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-5845666967457198622008-04-13T20:52:00.000-05:002008-04-13T20:52:00.000-05:00Retired pilot --Great analogy, but not quite on ta...Retired pilot --<BR/><BR/>Great analogy, but not quite on target. Medical licenses are unrestricted but employment and medical staff privileges are specialty specific in the same way a type rating is. If you qualified at one time for the 737 but your current employer only operates the A330, then your annual tests focus on all aspects of the A330, and not on emergency procedures etc for the 737.shadowfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648279307230813762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-36963841782625733172008-04-13T17:34:00.000-05:002008-04-13T17:34:00.000-05:00retired pilot-how much did those tests cost you pe...retired pilot-how much did those tests cost you personally annually?<BR/><BR/>pm,sn: we get those kind of questions as well.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-75830582644115217542008-04-13T16:01:00.000-05:002008-04-13T16:01:00.000-05:00"And the practice questions - you take them and th..."And the practice questions - you take them and they give you five answers, none of which are really the right answer - but you have to figure out the "best" answer of the group."<BR/><BR/>Funny, that sounds like the opposite of our nursing boards practice questions, in some of which you're given four or five questions which are all GOOD answers, but you have to pick which one you should do Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15883314767674357132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-38997716943564450652008-04-13T15:33:00.000-05:002008-04-13T15:33:00.000-05:00As much as I hate re-certification, I must complet...As much as I hate re-certification, I must completely agree with the comment by the Anonymous ex-pilot up there, who, by the way, I am fairly certain is my brother, and who shall henceforth be known as "Dr Al".Margaret Polaneczky, MD (aka TBTAM)https://www.blogger.com/profile/16555722791007332247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-62197154756131018772008-04-13T12:57:00.000-05:002008-04-13T12:57:00.000-05:00I'm a retired airline captain. I sweated a stressf...I'm a retired airline captain. I sweated a stressful recurrent training event every year during which I demonstrated my knowledge of numerous arcane aviation subjects, many of which I'd never contend with while "flying the line."<BR/><BR/>The privilege of exercising my FAA Airline Transport Pilot certificate required that I be capable of managing these type of events. There was no disclaimer on Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-89803917965518028142008-04-13T10:57:00.000-05:002008-04-13T10:57:00.000-05:00+1 hate the boards.at least they could make the pe...+1 hate the boards.<BR/>at least they could make the people who sit at the c-level for the boards maintain their certifications. <BR/><BR/>i think finishing an accredited residency should stand as certification for ten years or something. as well those tests are used to push personal agendas, and content covered is certainly biased.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-33114790557646530142008-04-13T08:48:00.000-05:002008-04-13T08:48:00.000-05:00One wonders whether docs are just going to start d...One wonders whether docs are just going to start dropping their board certifications. Certify once to establish baseline competency, then trash it.<BR/><BR/>Our hospital doesn't require it. Our group requires that you obtain BC status, but doesn't require that you maintain it.<BR/><BR/>Especially as they start to get more intrusive in the Maintenance of Certification. for ER docs now you shadowfaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11648279307230813762noreply@blogger.com