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General Interest => Addiction Treatment Philosophy => Topic started by: ajax13 on March 07, 2020, 08:31:18 PM

Title: ASAM Quack Jam
Post by: ajax13 on March 07, 2020, 08:31:18 PM
Two hopeful young doctors set out to obtain Board Certification in "addictions medicine":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwq_x9QsLzg
(Not exactly as illustrated)

"I received my ABMS certification without meeting a single person. It was all done by mail.   This fits the very definition of “Diploma Mill.”  This is not to besmirch those with a sincere interest in helping others with addiction.  Many if not most of those involved are sincere. But this is not expertise.  This is not authority. And, as we have seen, this low bar opens the door for some very bad apples."
https://disruptedphysician.blog/2014/11/18/disrupted-physician-101-2-for-what-its-worth-appeal-to-authority-and-the-logical-fallacy-of-special-or-secret-knowledge/