10/08/2015    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL) - PART 1AB

RE: ABFAS Shark Tank 

From: Name Withheld

 

I have had the same issues with ABPS. I passed the written exam, signed up for the certification, but after 7 years of sending in all my cases, I was told that I do not have "variety" necessary to become certified. I did explain to them that I work with a lot of elderly, and to me, their safety and quality of life means more than having variety. As a physician, this is what is expected of us, the well being of our patients.

 

Too bad my board did not agree with this. I was informed to retake the certification test and try again. Only this time, I have 3 years to come up with "variety" of cases. I tried the other board and unfortunately because I did a RPR/PSR 12, I do not qualify. It is an absolute embarrassment to explain to other professionals in medicine what we have to go through. My brother-in-law is a board certified general surgeon and he laughs at me every time I talk about our certification process. 

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10/09/2015    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (NON-CLINICAL) - PART 1AB

RE: ABFAS Shark Tank (Name Withheld)

From: Jeffrey Kass, DPM

 

To the Doctor who completed an RPR/PSR-12 program. I sincerely apologize to you. Our profession FAILED you. You are not the first to write into this forum completing that combo of programs. You were failed because your RPR is essentially useless in terms of any certification. If the program is a dead end and doesn't lead to certification, then the program NEVER should have been created in the first place. (You did have some time to take the ABPPMO Board, now ABPM, and use your RPR to get grandfathered. Likely, you should have taken advantage of that.)

 

Here, in New York, if you want to increase your scope, once again the RPR is worthless as you need a PSR-24, at minimum, to increase your scope. It is another law that is completely unfair and unjustified. It is too bad that those who institute these rules, laws, and regulations don't do so with clear vision, fairness, and pure hearts. If they did, I think our profession would be much more unified and stronger than it currently is.

 

So, where do you go from here? I would look into these other boards that aren't recognized by CPME as they may be recognized by insurance companies and hospitals, etc. I wish you all the luck in the world.

 

Jeffrey Kass, DPM, Forest Hills, NY