tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post6864979355960717970..comments2023-08-21T02:57:37.362-05:00Comments on Dr. Wes: American Board of Internal Medicine Changes GovernanceDrWeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17438019699222125477noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48448450147592171772014-01-23T13:25:28.588-06:002014-01-23T13:25:28.588-06:00See:
Maintenance of Certification must go: One phy...See:<br />Maintenance of Certification must go: One physician's viewpoint<br />Publish date: JAN 23, 2014 Print<br />By: Paul M. Kempen, MD, PHD<br />- See more at: http://medicaleconomics.modernmedicine.com/medical-economics/news/maintenance-certification-must-go-one-physicians-viewpoint?page=0,0#sthash.iiLoEJfG.dpufAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-11119369795800125352014-01-05T19:30:56.292-06:002014-01-05T19:30:56.292-06:00Wes
Regarding Dr. Johnson's pathetic "de...Wes<br /><br />Regarding Dr. Johnson's pathetic "desperate odd-fellow society" proclamations, allow me the artistic license of paraphrasing a line from The Shawshank Redemption:<br /><br />"Board Certified? It's just a bullshit word. So you go on with your MOC requirements, sonny, and stop wasting my time. Because to tell you the truth, I don't give a shit."<br /><Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-1144681158701588982014-01-05T13:54:15.221-06:002014-01-05T13:54:15.221-06:00I can only agree with Dr Wes and the working physi...I can only agree with Dr Wes and the working physicians that the whole MOC process is contrived to make money. The ABMS and ABIM are pyramid schemes designed to extort cash from the physician base and inflate the apical players pocketbooks and egos. The only thing they offer is "confidence" offered to unsuspecting patients and physicians through their certificates and as such are the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-58966726317476507242014-01-05T13:37:25.474-06:002014-01-05T13:37:25.474-06:00If they truly felt any responsibility to the publi...If they truly felt any responsibility to the public, they would unequivocally demonstrate their MOC process actually accomplishes something "for the public" and is not just for ABIM revenue generationAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-48763489066923231372014-01-05T13:34:05.687-06:002014-01-05T13:34:05.687-06:00"... our primary responsibility is to the pub..."... our primary responsibility is to the public, to our patients," said Dr. David H. Johnson, Chair of the ABIM Board of Directors<br /><br />If they felt any responsibility, they should unequivocally demonstrate their ridiculous MOC program actually accomplishes something for the public. As is stands, it appears the only thing MOC accomplishes is revenue generation for the ABIM.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18943510.post-27723999179106015082014-01-05T13:34:01.934-06:002014-01-05T13:34:01.934-06:00Agree completely.Agree completely.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11064582821201639244noreply@blogger.com