New chair-elect of the ACGME Board of Directors is a DO

[Dr.Bruh]

Not sure what this means for the profession, but maybe COMs will start buying Uworld for us now...

DO becomes chair-elect of the ACGME board of directors - The DO

As chair-elect, AOA Past President Karen J. Nichols, DO, will assume the ACGME board chair's duties if the chair is absent or is unable to perform those duties.

thedo.osteopathic.org

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[Goro]

Interesting!

 

[LABrondo]

Does this mean they will get rid of comlex now?

 

[You shall know the Truth]

Does this mean they will get rid of comlex now?

I think it means MD schools will be taking the comlex now!

 

[Marrowist]

It means nothing, only that they will continue to make lots of money.

 

[AnatomyGrey12]

It means nothing, only that they will continue to make lots of money.

Who asked you? Big Cashew is NOT pleased.

 

[JimBone905]

Does this really mean anything for DO students?

 

[Kardio]

Does this really mean anything for DO students?

I don’t know much about the leadership structure of the ACGME, but political wins like this are a usually a good thing overall. That being said, I doubt there will be any immediate downstream implications for DO students or residents.

I would say similar things about a DO becoming a Nobel laureate or the white house doctor (the latter is actually true).

 

[Goro]

@Med Ed? @Angus Avagadro? @gyngyn?

Thoughts?

 

[gyngyn]

@Med Ed? @Angus Avagadro? @gyngyn?

Thoughts?

Seems fine to me.

 

[DrRedstone]

She's also a KCU grad

 

[Angus Avagadro]

@Med Ed? @Angus Avagadro? @gyngyn?

Thoughts?

IDK. I dont know her. She could want to merge the two degrees or attempt to buck the system like a Never Trumper and try to maintain the Osteopathic distinction. Possibly trying to merge the Comlex with Step 1 and have questions from both boards? Make Step 1 P/F? Just some random thoughts. Maybe just to give credibility to any new changes for COMLEX?Too soon to tell.

 

[Schwifty]

IDK. I dont know her. She could want to merge the two degrees or attempt to buck the system like a Never Trumper and try to maintain the Osteopathic distinction. Possibly trying to merge the Comlex with Step 1 and have questions from both boards? Make Step 1 P/F? Just some random thoughts. Maybe just to give credibility to any new changes for COMLEX?Too soon to tell.

Are there ever any serious talks about merging the degrees or is that just an idea the people like to float around online?

 

[Goro]

Are there ever any serious talks about merging the degrees or is that just an idea the people like to float around online?

To date, it's only a premed pipe dream

 

[Angus Avagadro]

Are there ever any serious talks about merging the degrees or is that just an idea the people like to float around online?

Not that I'm aware of..

 

[Ho0v-man]

The chair of the acgme board is a DO!? Oh man. This really hurts the prestige of this position. Pretty soon you won’t be able to get any real doctors to even apply to this position! ACGME officially has no power anymore!!

 

[Epilepsy365]

Hopefully, there will be more of an emphasis on OMT at MD schools now rather than research.

I hear that cervical effleurage is a possible modality to drain the inner cervical lymph nodes and possibly treat MS. Read the latest research and believe the hype boys and girls.

 

[Neopolymath]

The chair of the acgme board is a DO!? Oh man. This really hurts the prestige of this position. Pretty soon you won’t be able to get any real doctors to even apply to this position! ACGME officially has no power anymore!!

Hopefully their clinical rotations were all academic wards based with residents or else they will be an awful chair who can't function as an intern.

 

[BorntobeDO?]

I am guessing that this is a new 'chair' position that was developed for the Osteopaths to feel like they are important, while the real chair remains a purebreed MD with 2/3 parts of training done at IVY's.

 

[Epilepsy365]

I am guessing that this is a new 'chair' position that was developed for the Osteopaths to feel like they are important, while the real chair remains a purebreed MD with 2/3 parts of training done at IVY's.

All the DOs are muggles. Right now, all the MDs are of slytherin descent. When will we get A MD Dumbledore among the ivory tower elites?

 

[hallowmann]

It means nothing. Its an organization head. Now that DOs (AACOM and AOA) are voting members representing 28% of votes in the ACGME, we can expect to see stuff like this. It also practically means nothing for those of us in training/medical school, but it can't be a bad thing.

 

[Scrubs101]

Oh boy the patient we had in the ED staffed by nearly all DOs requesting “a real doctor” will NOT be happy with this, the acgme should expect karen to be asking for their manager any day now


(To clarify the pts name wasnt karen, just in case the hipaa police are getting antsy)


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