Ask the expert: What is the AMA doing to help physicians trying to re-enter practice after an extended leave?
Medical Staff Leader Connection, July 22, 2009
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Information regarding physician reentry related to program availability, program structure, and regulatory requirements is scattered at best. Program standardization and regulatory requirements are also lacking. To consolidate the available information and begin to address issues related to standardization, the American Medical Association (AMA) House of Delegates approved a report on physician reentry during its 2008 Annual Meeting. The report includes a set of guiding principles that were developed in part to serve as a foundation from which physician reentry programs can be planned, evaluated and monitored. Currently, the AMA is developing a follow-up report that is intended to address several topics, including the requirements of medical licensing boards for reentering physicians and hospital credentialing issues related to reentry.
Source: Gretchen P. Kenagy, Ph.D., senior research associate, division of undergraduate medical education and Barbara Barzansky, PhD, director of undergraduate medical education at the American Medical Association.
To read more about physician re-entry, check out this special report in the August issue of Medical Staff Briefing.
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