New MOC requirement

[Indodo]

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The apa has now made it mandatory that in addition to CME, PIP and self assessment, all psychiatrists must be proficient in "the dance." A live test will be required. Grandfathering will not be accepted unless you are a real grandfather. In which case your grandchild be a proxy for you in "the dance."

I think this is a great idea. I do have serious issues with only grandfathering and not grandmothering.
I am also concerned because I can't dance, I can't sing. The only think about me is the way I talk.

 

[michaelrack]

I think you need intensive dance therapy

 

[novopsych]

Ha, ha, very funny (not really). But I'll respond as if it weren't a joke. There is a serious shortage of psychiatrists in the US. And about 90% of people who think they are dancers are not. If you actually made proficiency in the dance mandatory, our mental health care system would fall apart faster than it already is. There's a problem in which the dance can't really be taught to most people. The average American can't even half-ass a simple foxtrot. Would it be beneficial if more psychiatrists practiced the arts with their patients? Yes. But right now we just need more psychiatrists.

 

[erg923]

Ha, ha, very funny (not really). But I'll respond as if it weren't a joke. There is a serious shortage of psychiatrists in the US. And about 90% of people who think they are dancers are not. If you actually made proficiency in the dance mandatory, our mental health care system would fall apart faster than it already is. There's a problem in which the dance can't really be taught to most people. The average American can't even half-ass a simple foxtrot. Would it be beneficial if more psychiatrists practiced the arts with their patients? Yes. But right now we just need more psychiatrists.

Bologna! I can dance. See...

 

[OldPsychDoc]

I would consider such a move a mechanism of affirmative action, since as we all know...white men can't.

 

[Shikima]

Would twerking be an adequate substitute?

 

[slappy]

You forgot to mention the live test will cost $3000.

 

[OldPsychDoc]

You forgot to mention the live test will cost $3000.

Can't we substitute DSVs (Dancing Skills Verification) observed by previously certified expert Dancers?

Also, for the grandfathering/mothering option--are there any rules against adopting a grandchild?

 

[OldPsychDoc]

One of my residents pointed me in the direction of this online video training program for Dance Therapy...
or maybe it was dancers needing therapy...
http://www.mylifetime.com/shows/dance-moms/episodes

 

[PikminOC]

How are docs who work in rural areas able to do this? I'm in solo PP and don't have colleagues to help review charts.