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So let’s the surgeon admitted he drank every day for the past year. Then report? Or still no?
Again, as the treating physician I wouldn’t. I would strongly encourage the patient self-reporting to the state PHP, which depending on the state should circumvent any board involvement. However, PHPs are not regulated/have no oversight and can be very difficult and frustrating to deal with. I’m aware of my ethical obligations, but also (un)fortunately know how the sausage is made which is why even reporting to a PHP is something I don’t take lightly.
Yup. And specialty boards (at least for psych and addiction psych). My hunch is that’s what prompted OPs question.
I’ve never seen it on step prep and I got a 272 (no brag)
They do, but the places that do “independent” (they’re not truly independent because you can only go to ones allowed by a state’s PHP or medical board) medical evals for physicians and physician specific treatment programs are unregulated and some predatory with conflicts of interest (i.e., many places that do “I”MEs also have their own physician specific treatment programs, so there’s a monetary incentive to diagnose someone regardless of the clinical picture) - anyone can hang a shingle and say they do physician specific “I”MEs or treatment. Additionally, they tend to massage data to fit round pegs into the square holes of DSM criteria when someone doesn’t meet DSM criteria, thus forcing them into unnecessary treatment, monitoring, and potential board actions. The cost of “I”MEs and physician treatment programs are also exorbitantly expensive (most “I”MEs cost ~$10k) and not covered by insurance. This is why even reporting someone to a PHP is something I don’t take likely. And again, state PHPs have no oversight or regulatory bodies.
I have a large folder of papers on data, outcomes, and ethics of PHPs that I use for teaching. This is a great addition!
Yes but that’s for colleagues not just if a random surgeon shows up to an ED on his off time
Everyone’s posts in this thread imply the same answer including the paper @NotAProgDirector posted. Do you think a random physician should be reported by someone in the ED? And why does it have to be a surgeon? Taking it further what about a nurse, SW, psychologist, attorney, dentist, etc.? They all have licensure boards as well.
Not a brag. You're talking to people on SDN--our average USMLE 1 and 2CK is 290.
Actually the was much better when calipremed/vox/memelord/knightdoc/raptor/consilgiere were on. Used to be threads with 100+ posts and multiple replies per hour. This forum is deadWe are... the most interesting forum on the internet.
The reddit premed/med student forums seem to be a lot of the blind following the blind. I just cannot.
Blind, deaf, but unfortunately not mute. /r anything medical is generally a weird spiral of gripes and s***posts raging against some perceived machine (usually common sense).
If this is a board vignette the “correct” answer is “E.” In reality though I would try talking with the cardiologist or his/her supervisor.
Not vox btw but at least as a resident you know that you will be a physician in a desired speciality. Also these days non surgical residents have it very chill. Psych, IM, family, pmr, path, EM etc. at my program all work banker hours. It’s just that the hours that they’re there are the most boring hours in existence. Imagine rounding for 6 hours talking about nonsense that won’t even affect patient outcomes
Thought you got a 272 and never came across a question like this on board prep…
