Sean2tall said:
The other day I was with a general surgeon (who does a good deal of breast) and went down to mammo to talk with the radiologist about a case, she said that this surgeon could probably sit for the radiology boards and pass, after maybe studying up on nuclear med. Another doc there said that she could do "residency by proxy" or something along those lines, which sounded like being a resident on paper only at an institution. Does anybody know about this situation? I had never heard of it before.
And to comment on this orginal statement...
PURE UNADULTRATED ass-kissing.
(I orginally said BS, but then realized that it was the radiologists saying it to the surgeon.)
It is like pathologist who say "wow yeah you really spotted that mitotic figure... you could be a pathologist..."
Reminds me of the reverse:
I was at a clinical conferce showing a solitary fiberous tumor of the breast, (in a guy with a Hx of Lung Adeno) and the breast surgeon says "To me those look like they could be a bad adeno"
So I pointed out the features on H&E that made that unlikely.
he says "Well how do you know those aren't Adeno?"
I responded "For the skepetics we did a Cytokeratin, which was negative" and I showed it.
Of course, I was just being jocular.
It helps as a pathologist and radiologist to have a good interaction with your clinical docs. If you want to make jokes, or kiss their ass.. either way it helps.