I recently found out that a doctor whose treatment I have been fairly satisfied with is NOT board certified. Unfortunately, he is the only endocrinologist that is in-network for my health plan within a 25 mile radius.
Usually when a person does pre-med in the USA, but medical school in the Carribean or Mexico it means they couldn't get into an American medical school. I was taught to believe this meant they were bad doctors even if they graduated tops in their class.
The flip side of this is that a doctor educated in the UK or Europe is often considered to be a good thing. I'm not sure why this is. Maybe it's because their medical schools and universities are so much older than those in the USA.
Is your doctor board certified? Do you care?
Do you care where your doctor went to medical school?
What Board Certification Means
How a Physician Becomes Board Certified
My apologies to those in the UK and other countries where board certification is not an issue/requirement. I wasn't trying to exclude you. This, is about me. :biggrin1: :redface:
Usually when a person does pre-med in the USA, but medical school in the Carribean or Mexico it means they couldn't get into an American medical school. I was taught to believe this meant they were bad doctors even if they graduated tops in their class.
The flip side of this is that a doctor educated in the UK or Europe is often considered to be a good thing. I'm not sure why this is. Maybe it's because their medical schools and universities are so much older than those in the USA.
Is your doctor board certified? Do you care?
Do you care where your doctor went to medical school?
What Board Certification Means
Medical specialty certification in the United States is a voluntary process. While medical licensure sets the minimum competency requirements to diagnose and treat patients, it is not specialty specific. Board certification—and the Gold Star—demonstrate a physician’s exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice.
The Gold Star signals a board certified physician’s commitment and expertise in consistently achieving superior clinical outcomes in a responsive, patient-focused setting. Patients, physicians, healthcare providers, insurers and quality organizations look for the Gold Star as the best measure of a physician’s knowledge, experience and skills to provide quality healthcare within a given specialty.
How a Physician Becomes Board Certified
My apologies to those in the UK and other countries where board certification is not an issue/requirement. I wasn't trying to exclude you. This, is about me. :biggrin1: :redface:
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