One Board Supposedly Cracks
The American Board of Anesthesiology will become the “first medical board to scrap a widely criticized test that most physicians take every 10 years to demonstrate that they are up to date in their specialties”. Finally. How will they make their money, though? I mean, these organizations have posh lifestyles and pay their people exceptionally well (you can see more on that from the ABIM). Well, instead they will “offer its 50,000 “board-certified” members the opportunity to show their mastery — and brush up if they fall short — through weekly online quizzes that they can take at will, coupled with educational material.” What is the cost of that? The 10-year cost will be the same as taking the test — $2,100. That is $210 a year. With 50,000 members that is $10,500,000 a year! Not too shabby. There is at least double this in family medicine. There is at least double this in internal medicine. That is $20 million coming in a year! Why do they need this much money? I would rather donate it to a charity than fill their coffers some more. Don’t be fooled by this ingenious capitulation.
Then there’s this from Medscape:
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/856076
Wonder if ABFP will do the same?
Huzzah for the gas-passers! At least their parasites are courteous enough to bury their scolexes into mucus membranes, upon invitation only. If it is voluntary, there must be some force that will make them offer something of tangible value for their $210 per year. It’s a shame, but the Anaesthesiologists must be envied – their parasite burden will decrease somewhat.
Perhaps they have stated that the Emperor is Naked – that the human physiology of the anesthetized human has not changed from year to year. What is changing, though is the personnel who pass the gas – the battle over nurse anesthetists has shaken out, now it will be others supervised by the nurse anesthetist on-site, and one on-call anaesthesiologist at home. Perhaps they’re more scared of that.