just for others that might read this in the future.....the FM sponsored EM fellowhips do not qualify you for board certification in EM.
I'm all for the free market development of additional boards but everyone should note that's not the "normal" board certification people think of when they say board certification. Being certified by a less established process doesn't mean you can get hospital credentials or an interview at all the same places. i'm again, all for it, but just want any aspiring em docs to know the alternative path through an alternative organization might not be the win they thought
Sometimes I get the feeling that that might be an example of internet=/= real life. I mean, go to the IM subforum and ask about FM doctors doing hospitalist work. You'll see the same thing. They'll make it sound like family physicians are completely out of place in any kind of inpatient setting, and there's not even a board certification for hospitalist medicine.
On a functional logic level I agree with you. Until EDs start turning away everyone who isn't an emergency, there is plenty a FM doc could do in large depts. but logic is irrelevany if the sdg or hospital doesn't recognize the creative alternative certification
There is a joint Focused Practice in Hospital Medicine recognized by the ABIM and ABFM.
Definitely true. But with the changing trend what I see is many NPP are doing lot of stuffs that were out of their scope. Hospitals are hiring more NPP and just 1 ER doc to supervise them to save money. Saving money is good, but its only for the corporate, not for the patient.
