American Board Of Medical Specialties Puns

Draft Standards for Continuing Certification — Call for Comments

If you're a doctor certified by one of the ABMS member boards this might be of interest. The draft of the standards they are circulating would require " would require a physician to demonstrate engagement in improving health and health care to remain certified ". When ABIM tried this 8 years ago they basically tried to get everyone to do QA projects which is obviously a little harder if you're in private practice. If you're an interested party, consider leaving comments for the ABMS through the link.

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Other than being an obvious money grab (Basic TEE Certification anyone), what benefit would this exam provide that having completed a CT Fellowship and Diplomate Status for TEE wouldn’t?

Someone once told me Medical Physics was 1 of 2 non-physician specialties, but I've never been able to find another.

https://www.abms.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/ABMS-Guide-to-Medical-Specialties-2020.pdf

"Hi i'm Andrew I'm a board certified plastic surgeon"

i see this a lot on some videos on social media and youtube

i'm from the UK, you kind of just assume every surgeon is well qualified hence the title of surgeon or dr.

https://www.abp.org/content/pediatric-hospital-medicine-certification

Please tell me I'm not reading this correctly (apologies for not fully understanding the jargon of medical certification yet). If I wanted to practice general pediatrics inpatient in the future, would I need to pursue additional certification? Or can a board certified general pediatrician still work inpatient?

If this is the future, do you see this being a significant strain on the available workforce? I know many pediatric subspecialties go underfilled, and some research suggests that many fellowships are financially net negative decisions (https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/127/2/254)

Edit: Speak of the devil, look what just showed up in my inbox. https://www.medscape.com/slideshow/2019-compensation-pediatrician-6011343?src=WNL_physrep_190529_medstu_comp2019&uac=305007AT&impID=1978438&faf=1#21

23% of pediatricians work in a hospital.

Others would say that the feet is very complex, but it couldn't be that much more complex than the hands, and yet hand surgeons don't have a separate school.

Hi! I'm looking for a resource (or resources) that has the most thorough or up-to-date information on the medical specialties.

Are there any resources that also tell you which residency programs are available/located where?

Finally, are there any resources that tell you which residency programs accept DO doctors?

Thanks!

This didn’t happen to me lol, just want to see what people would do in this situation

Apparently, there exists no MDs in France without a specialty, and to apply for the exam to choose a specialty you must be in your 6th year.

Supposing I am from outside the EU, and have a degree (6 years of study in Medicine completed) but no specialty / residence. Does anyone know how can I do my residency in France with a degree from outside the EU?

Thanks :)

General Anatomy-

1. Textbook - Gray’s anatomy
2. Atlas - Netter’s

Neuroanatomy-

Neuroanatomy through clinical cases

Embryology-

Langman

Histology-

Wheater’s

Physiology-

Guyton and Hall (big textbook, bible)

Costanzo (smaller, more concise)

Biochemistry-

Lehninger vs Harper?

Pharmacology-

Goodman-Gilman (bible)

Katzung (smaller but still big textbook)

Rang&Dale ?

Pathology-

Big Robbins (absolutely lovely book, personally speaking)

Goljan & Rubin’s

Microbiology-

Jawetz vs Levinson?

Immunology-

Abbas vs Lippincott?

Internal Medicine-

Harrison’s principles of IM (best imo)

Goldman-Cecil? (Smaller book but some like it more)

Oxford Textbook of Medicine (I saw it and its just too fucking big to read. 8000 pages)

Smaller books - Davidson, Kumar and Clark, Essentials of Cecil

Handbooks - Washington Manual vs Pocket Medicine vs Oxford Clinical Medicine??

Medical Sub-Specialties-

1. Cardiology*- Braunwald*
2. Gastroenterology*- Sleisenger and Fordtran vs Yamada’s ?*
3. Endocrinology*-Williams*
4. Hematology- Wintrobe’s vs Williams?
5. Oncology*- DeVita vs Abeloff’s*
6. Nephrology*- Brenner & Rector*
7. Pulmonology*- ?*
8. Critical Care*- ?*
9. Rheumatology*- Kelley?*

Neurology-

Adams & Victor’s vs Bradley’s??

Pediatrics-

Nelson’s Textbook

Harriet Lane (handbook)

Psychiatry-

Kaplan & Sadock vs Oxford

Otorhinolaryngology-

Scott Brown’s ??

Logan Turner (small)

Ophthalmology-

Yanoff vs Wills Eye??

Smaller book- Kanski

Surgery-

Sabiston vs Schwartz vs Bailey&Love???

??? (Suggest smaller books and better books)

Urology-

Campbell Walsh

Orthopaedics-

Campbell (big)

Apley and Solomon (smaller)

Surgical Pathology-

Rosai???

Obstetrics and Gynaecology-

Williams (big)

Hacker & Moore (small)

Radiology-

Brant & Helms vs Grainger & Allison’s ??

Osborn’s (neuroradiology)

Dermatology - ???

Emergency Medicine - ???

Family Medicine - ???

Neurosurgery - ???

Cardiothoracic Surgery - ???

Vascular Surgery - ???

PM&R - ???

ALL QUESTION MARKS MEAN I'M NOT SURE IF THE BOOK IS GOOD ENOUGH OR NOT AND SOMETIMES WHEN I DON'T KNOW ANY BOOK REGARDING THE SUBJECT.

Thanks to u/kangokusenkan for the original Bible of Each Specialty thread.

https://twitter.com/TheOmniLiberal/status/1416919701448318979

Some of the responses to the tweet is insane... Do they really think that a MD that specializes in dermatology has less knowledge on hormones and endocrinology than a twitter user? I agree that obviously a lot of trans community would be more up to date with hormone treatments but on average, I would say the MD would definitely know more about medical issues related to hormones than a random "astrologer" on twitter.