AOBNP?

[DD214_DOC]

I'm irritated with all this MOC stuff, and a mentor back from my med school days reminded me about the osteopathic boards. However, I know absolutely nothing about them. Do they have a similar MOC-style thing? What's the general impression of them? For future privileges, are they considered equivalent to the ABPN?

I also have a bit of confusion. I did a military internship, residency, and fellowship -- am I even eligible to take the general psych AOBNP exam? Are military programs dual-accredited by the AOA and ACGME?

Thanks!

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[TexasPhysician]

Contact NBPAS for alternate board with no MOC

 

[WingedOx]

Sure but if you do the AOA boards, you have to memorize which chakras needs balancing and how that tight gluetal muscle is a sign that you're actually delusional.

http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2092700&resultClick=1

http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2099179&resultClick=1

 

[DD214_DOC]

Sure but if you do the AOA boards, you have to memorize which chakras needs balancing and how that tight gluetal muscle is a sign that you're actually delusional.

http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2092700&resultClick=1

http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2099179&resultClick=1

Yikes

 

[Shikima]

Yikes

 

[Guyton]

Sure but if you do the AOA boards, you have to memorize which chakras needs balancing and how that tight gluetal muscle is a sign that you're actually delusional.

http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2092700&resultClick=1

http://jaoa.org/article.aspx?articleid=2099179&resultClick=1

I don't know what is more disturbing... the fact that they were using osteopathic manipulation to treat depression or that paxil was their default SSRI.

 

[deleted480308]

I'm irritated with all this MOC stuff, and a mentor back from my med school days reminded me about the osteopathic boards. However, I know absolutely nothing about them. Do they have a similar MOC-style thing? What's the general impression of them? For future privileges, are they considered equivalent to the ABPN?

I also have a bit of confusion. I did a military internship, residency, and fellowship -- am I even eligible to take the general psych AOBNP exam? Are military programs dual-accredited by the AOA and ACGME?

Thanks!

I don't know the rules about an MD going for AOA boarding.....but as silly as it is for a psych to have to memorize our omm rules they aren't that complicated if you just stop trying to make them justifiable in your mind. If you treat it like memorizing the rules to dungeons and dragons it's simple.

 

[Shikima]

I don't know the rules about an MD going for AOA boarding.....but as silly as it is for a psych to have to memorize our omm rules they aren't that complicated if you just stop trying to make them justifiable in your mind. If you treat it like memorizing the rules to dungeons and dragons it's simple.

I all fairness to D&D, a level 12 wizard can cure depression and anxiety better.

 

[SomeDoc]

IMO, general OMM/OMT is included on the AOBPN exam in an obligatory sense, and is included vestigially for political reasons rather than for actual clinical utility. I would argue the same issue for most AOA specialties and subspecialties excluding primary care and neuromuscular medicine. Also, its unlikely you would see obscure material from such studies making it onto an AOBPN board exam, just as you wouldn't expect to see information from an obscure study making it onto the ABPN board.

 

[WingedOx]

IMO, general OMM/OMT is included on the AOBPN exam in an obligatory sense, and is included vestigially for political reasons rather than for actual clinical utility. I would argue the same issue for most AOA specialties and subspecialties excluding primary care and neuromuscular medicine. Also, its unlikely you would see obscure material from such studies making it onto an AOBPN board exam, just as you wouldn't expect to see information from an obscure study making it onto the ABPN board.

Eh, I'm from the corn-fed Midwest where DOs make up 20-25% of physicians (and my hometown was home to one of the biggest DO training hospitals in the country), so you won't hear an argument for me about that, but I've had some weird interactions with the true believers in the last couple weeks. While our boards are hardly altruistic enterprises, supporting "unique" osteo boards just seems like adding another head to the hydra.