When care providers fail to fulfill their . Kids are competing against top students from China, India and South Korea. Paul, his wife, and his father-in-law were listed as being in charge of this board. Oh well, whoever said life is fair, but we should at least stop pretending it is a meritocracy. /S 48 26 0 obj While this is not illegal, it's certainly unusual. A medical student who fails their medical boards causes embarassment to any medical school. PDF TRANSPORTATION AND Support RAND Make a charitable - RAND Corporation A jury returned a verdict in Paul's favor and awarded him $582,000 in damages. Then, later in the conversation, expounding on what he considered the virtues of Bitcoin, Paul said: This is just me. Background: Rand Paul awarded more than $580,000 in trial after neighbor's attack If a doctor messes up and does something that leaves you badly injured like if an eye doctor slips and blinds. This was back in the 60s, but he left high school without a degree to start early college. I have a biology degree, okay? By 45 years of age, 36 percent of physicians in low-risk specialties are likely to have had at least one malpractice claim, compared to 88 percent of those in high-risk categories. However, in 1997 he formed his own board, called the National Ophthalmology Board, with 200 other physicians in protest of certification requirement changes by the American Board of Ophthalmologists. @superdestroyer: The real interesting question is whether he sat for his board exam in Ophthalmology and did not pass and thus, created his own board., @Stormy Dragon: At the graduate level, almost nobody is actually paying the sticker price for their education. My friend was the surgeon who removed it. Rand Paul: 'Medical Malpractice to Force Vaccines on Children' 0000031613 00000 n Physician age, year, and state of practice did not affect these estimates. Its very likely dad pulled some serious strings for Rand on that one, Id love to hear a bit about that and how it fits with the Pauls libertarian/meritocracious philosophy.. It makes sense. The 52-year-old former ophthalmologist's libertarian roots sets him apart from the expansive field of. Despite his extensive medical training, Dr. Paul does not hold a bachelor's degree, according to NPR. No. The Pardee RAND Graduate School (PardeeRAND.edu) is home to the only Ph.D. and M.Phil. /TrimBox [0.0000 0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] is a biology degree. We reached out to Paul's office to get their response on the above reports and will update this piece if we receive more information. Someone with a GED has passed a nontrivial test, demonstrating that they actually learned something. Among physicians in neurosurgery, 19.1 percent annually faced a claim, but just 2.6 percent in psychiatry did (Figure 1). Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) warned that mandating the COVID injection for children could lead to massive unintended consequences due to the health risks of the vaccine in that age group. Something is either true or not, there is no in between. Medical Malpractice Law - Defendants Lawyers, Des Peres, MO | Lawyer In 2010, reports emerged that Paul was not certified by a board for his specialty, at least. Lets be honest here. RAND research briefs present policy-oriented summaries of individual published, peer-reviewed documents or of a body of published work. Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (Introduced 03/02/2023) Committees: Senate - Judiciary: Latest Action: Senate - 03/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. The claim originated on Laughing in Disbelief,a satire website, but it was later shared in a way that presented it as fact. 48 comments. But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. The acceptance rates for medical schools are extremely low and medical students generally pay full retail. I know that even the very worst docs I have ever seen, and they were bad, still had a following, so I really cant judge. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure show Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentucky and has been licensed since 1993. - Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), in remarks at the Lincoln Labs "Reboot Congress" conference, Feb. 12, 2015 We first spotted a version of this quote in a Bloomberg columnby David Weigel, and then. Sorry. RAND Topics >Medical Malpractice Medical Malpractice Professional negligence by a health care provider has implications for both the health and legal professions: Preventable medical injuries increase the overall cost of treatment, while malpractice lawsuits have been blamed for further increasing the cost of health care in the United States. How the hell he get into Duke Medical School? Additionally, he provides free eye surgery to children from around the world." Not everyone takes the usual path. However, the Board does address specialty board certification through our regulation on physician advertising. He confirmed that if a board is not on his group's list, a physician cannot advertise as being board-certified. The RAND Corporation is a nonprofit institution that helps improve policy and decisionmaking through research and analysis. Degree in English??????????? SOURCE: Massachusetts Medical Society. /Linearized 1 << Randal Howard "Rand" Paul (born January 7, 1963) is an American politician and physician serving as the junior United States Senator from Kentucky since 2011, alongside Majority Leader Mitch McConnell.He is the son of former U.S. Representative Ron Paul of Texas.. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Paul attended Baylor University and is a graduate of the Duke University School of Medicine. This report is part of the RAND Corporation Research brief series. Had I done so, my degree would have said engineering but I would have said I studied physics in college. He has contributed his expertise in justice organizationrelated research methodologies to many projects involving the law, the courts, and judicial decisionmaking, often involving large scale, groundbreaking qualitative and, Eric Helland is an adjunct economist at the RAND Corporation, in the Institute for Civil Justice, and the William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. There are a lot of us waltzing around with weird backgrounds and it is always infuriating when we have to try to explain ourselves to a dumb HR person when looking for jobs. @OzarkHillbilly: When I read Kessler, I find him unsatisfactory. He couldve said he had a medical degree without coming off as aggrandizing. /Pages 4 0 R /N 1 Psychiatry - 8%. I still got into a selective graduate school as a provisional student because my employer was paying full price up front. You know what else is relevant? It's very difficult to catch. @Hal_10000: His profile on the website of the TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital, said Specialty Board Certifications: Ophthalmology" in 2013, though it appears to have been removed since then. Having a post-graduate or professional degree trumps the lack of a baccalaureate; its the adult equivalent of skipping a grade. (Similarly, while I would look askance at someone with only a GED claiming to be a high school graduate, Id have no issue with someone with a GED and a bachelors degree making that representation.). Do you remember John McCain having surgery to remove an unsightly lump on/in his neck? An undergraduate can be given a pointless degree with pencil-whipped grades and no one will find out (See UNC and the Africa-American studies department). Yet he was able to attend Duke University Medical School and received a degree there in 1988. We handle our cases on a contingency. Put a fork into me, I am Done!!!! fee basis, so you don't pay unless we. /CropBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] In a 2010 statement to Politico, Paul described how his certification saga was his battle against a hypocritical power play that I despise. Paul basically protested against the ABO's decision to require recertifications of medical licenses every 10 years for anyone who was board-certified after 1992. He originally earned board certification in 1993 after the completion of his residency. After that, he completed his general surgery internship at Atlanta-based Georgia Baptist Medical Center, followed by a residency in ophthalmology at Duke University Medical Center, completing his training in 1993. Specialties most likely to face indemnity claims were not always those with the highest average payments. I happen to have a doctorate from the esteemed Baylor College of Medicine and it is located in Houston and NOT affiliated with the 2-bit shitty school in Waco (it did for about a year after it started in Dallas, then it moved to Houston and ended the affiliation). , But a medical school that admits students not capable of doing the work will finding its pass rates on the board exams going down.. They are top 10 in most features, but rank terribly (bottom 1/3) in reputation. $105 Million. Understanding adverse events as the result of complex "systems" failures--rather than of individual negligence--may improve patient safety. I dont find it particularly surprising that someone could have gotten into an MD program without actually finishing their BS in biology., given good enough test scores, etc, etc. I dont care what specific degree Rand Paul got, MD is close enough to biology major. This should clearly demonstrate to everyone that some form of a savior exists for conservative politics and they will lead the Republicans to being competitive in national election. << All Original Content Copyright by OTB. Im not officially talking about that today. Neither of them are medical professionals. 8 0 obj Rand Paul on vaccines is infinitely more telling than all this other crap. << I guess the fact that he had two malpractice suits in 15 years is why he chose to get out of medicine and into politics. Research suggests they are, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends them for community use. Product Liability. Sometimes it is quite innocent and I suspect such is the case here: He studied english and biology at Baylor, and eventually he graduated with an MD from Duke. Could Liability Concerns Derail Clinical Decision Support? Thats Dr. Grumpy Realist to you. By that I mean that they need to be more involved with some sort of economic transaction every time they use their entitlement, and that means they have to bear more of the burden," according to Bloomberg Business. Nevertheless, the risk of a claim, the possibility of a claim leading to a payment, and the size of a payment contribute to high levels of perceived malpractice risk among U.S. physicians. Medical Malpractice | RAND That matters. Drug-drug interaction warnings are a mainstay of CDS systems, but they give rise to a fundamental problem that limits the utility of the systems to date. Paul moved to Bowling Green, Ky., in 1993. About - Senator Rand Paul The difference between mean and median reflects a skewed distribution toward large payments in some specialties. I have no idea whether or not he is a good doc. In 2010, reports emerged that Paul was not certified by a board for his specialty, at least according to the national clearinghouse for such certifications. I thought this was hypocritical and unjust for the older ophthalmologists to exempt themselves from the recertification exam. << @Crusty Dem: Washington CNN Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul has been awarded more than $580,000 in a lawsuit against a neighbor who attacked him in fall 2017. Feb. 26, 2021: Added comment from TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital. If he were filling out a form which asked whether he was a college graduate, Id expect him to answer in the affirmative. He does not appear to demonstrate a wide knowledge and expertise, and in fact, arrogantly demon. Cardiology - 6%. See, that goes to his dishonesty and gutlessness. 6. >> Pauls communications director sent in this explanation: It is unfair to give Senator Paul 3 Pinocchiosbecause aM.D. They say it's the exchange of bodily of fluids. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. %%EOF Last week, Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky used part of his allotted time during the Senate confirmation hearing for Dr. Rachel Levine, President Joe Biden's pick for assistant secretary. Amusingly the same people who will give Paul a total pass on this have argued that pulling 7 vs 9 Gs with the Blue Angels clearly means Brian Williams is pathological (which he may be, but a small numerical difference is not proof of that). I think they're a good thing. "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," Paul said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday. All Rights Reserved. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul was awarded more than $580,000 in damages and medical expenses on Wednesday in his lawsuit against the neighbor who tackled him and broke several of his ribs in a dispute. But Im still not sure just exactly what it is he learned in all those years, as his vacillating on vaccinating shows a certain lack of biological knowledge. If you want to look up the statistics on any university, look at collegeresults.org. Medical licensure sets the minimum competency requirements to diagnose and treat patients and is not specialty specific. Andrew Hall's satire blog Laughing with Disbelief published the article Aug. 10. Subscribe to the weekly Policy Currents newsletter to receive updates on the issues that matter most. Rand Paul, who practices in Bowling Green, says he is certified by the National Board of Ophthalmology, a group that he incorporated in 1999 and that he heads. This report is part of the RAND Corporation Research report series. The competition is much tougher. I like disagreeing with them, but beating them up over irrelevancies is counter-productive, whether its the Benghazi nuts and Hillary, or MSNBC eternal scandal hunt with Chris Christie. Williams is charming and smart and witty. The posts say Pauls medical license was revoked by the AMA, but thats not the case. You also need to remember that this is a guy who never took his specialty boards. 0000028434 00000 n America is full of b.s. Medical negligence is a leading cause of death in the United States. Because of the name. Since RAnd Paul actually did pass the United States Medical Licensing Examination and was matched to an ophthalmology residency, not only was Rand Paul smart enough for Duke Medical School but he was obviously smarter than some of his fellow students at Duke. Regardless, his medical work has been praised by Downing and he has medical privileges at two Bowling Green hospitals. The Randal (Rand) Paul Jury Verdict 2199 - Medical Negligence - Following a cataract surgery, ophthalmologist criticized for failing to timely detect and treat an infection that later resulted in the loss of the eye Brown v. Paul, 01 CI 0937 Plaintiff: Charles D. Greenwell and Nancy J. Schook, Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. And oh yeahhe worships the Aqua-Buddha. 0000020992 00000 n Rand Paul claims the COVID vaccine increases heart health risks but Rand Paul's Biology 'Degree' - Outside the Beltway Making It More Difficult to Sue Physicians for Malpractice May - RAND Honestly, this is trivial. Have you seen the way most physicians write? We have reached out to Healthgrades, and will update this post if we receive more information. According to the American Medical Association, "While every physician must be licensed to practice medicine, board certification is a voluntary process. 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The NBofO is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Medical Association, nor the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," said Paul. The group included Podcaster Joe Rogan, television host Tucker Carlson, rapper Nicki Minaj, football star Aaron Rodgers, tennis champion Novak Djokovic, guitar legend Eric Clapton, Sen. Rand Paul, the late broadcaster Phil Valentine, President Donald J. Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, political commentator Candace Owens, and Florida Gov. Seriously? The same report said that Paul had not been certified by any board recognized by the state of Kentucky since 2005 and since 2011 had no board certification since his organization was dissolved. Malpractice Risk According to Physician Specialty | NEJM The organization lasted more than a decade, board-certified 50 to 60 doctors, and was never recognized by the medical establishment. Stay on top of the latest RAND research highlights, news, and commentary with the official RAND email newsletter. Hes also terribly mis-guided on economic matters. Portions of the Restatement Second have been superseded by the Restatement Third of Torts: Products Liability, Apportionment of Liability, Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, and Liability for Economic Harm. Snopes readers shared this with us and asked if the claims in it were true. Its not a good school. 1. Man, thats the America way for rich white folks. This representation of RAND intellectual property is provided for noncommercial use only. Rand Paul: 'Medical Malpractice to Force Vaccines on Children' 445 Jeff Poor 22 Jan 2022 0 1:37 Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) warns mandating vaccines on specific age groups could come back to haunt some institutions because of the risk associated with those age groups. endobj Thequote in the postswas takenfrom a satire website. Meanwhile, an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger a corresponding increase in the number of medical malpractice claims. The data included at least 200 physicians in each of 24 specialties, allowing analysis of malpractice risk, by specialty. Republican Sen. Rand Paul, MD, of Kentucky officially announced Tuesday his presidential bid, becoming the second candidate for Republican nomination after Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. At the graduate level, almost nobody is actually paying the sticker price for their education. As your president, one of my first acts would be to repeal the abomination that is Obamacare.". The information provided in this report is solely for the authorized recipient. [ M^qcojV&Ap*\$>U7]DQ5@E{R\I0R(h9dE{@GPHuWP5}_6o}`Vwpo}P0+WKZ l\`Lgx'=#{ImQY{ 4 8-\uq;>)_{7H5h`|q>pP7%we6]oaNb}uV$c%kODWt:s$S 5jr>3>WH;%E!ub2oY1z:% JF%@ydSa;{C~fA5B?&q7iG1@[)yZ7". "Like all of (Hall's)pieces, it links to a page called 'Is This Satire?' He said: I took the American Board of Ophthalmology (the largest governing body in ophthalmology) boards in 1995, passed them on my first attempt (as well as three times during residency), and was therefore board-certified under this organization for a decade. Ive written PolitiFact suggesting they sometimes need a different approach, True, but misleading or True, but further explanation required. Kessler could give up his one to five Pinocchios and say something like Pauls statement is false, but unimportant. What is this, middle school? Paul has attracted widespread attention for his comments about the COVID-19 pandemic and more than 50 complaints against him have been filed with the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. endobj 10. 0000022186 00000 n In forming NBO, the younger ophthalmologists agreed to require recertification for all ophthalmologists. That tells me hes a groveler. 0000001034 00000 n This is from memory so the details are fuzzy. He just accredited his own university to give him one! I think the far simpler one is that, having studied biology and English for three years and then having gone on to get a much more prestigious professional degree, he considers himself to have by proxy finished his earlier degree. /Parent 4 0 R Sen. Rand Paul awarded more than $580K in suit over neighbor's attack More:. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul claimed to be a "board-certified" ophthalmologist on the basis of being certified by a board that he created himself and that he put his wife and father-in-law in charge of. Merriam-Webster defines biology as a branch of knowledge that deals with living organisms and vital processes. Dr. Paul never said he had an undergraduate degree in biology, and it is accurate for him to say that he has a biology degree. The authors assessed the appropriateness of recommendations for hysterectomies done for nonemergency and nononcologic indications for 497 California women. Rand Paul, the Republican candidate for Senate in Kentucky who is an ophthalmologist, has been practicing medicine for the last five years without a nationally recognized certification for his specialty. Huh. Despite intense interest, there have been few comprehensive studies characterizing differences in malpractice risk, by physician specialty. Computerized clinical decision support (CDS) systems have been developed to enhance physician decisionmaking and reduce the incidence of avoidable medical errors. This study uses data from North Carolina to examine how caps implemented in noncrisis periods affect malpractice premiums. Biology? Fellows & Blake LLC are plaintiff attorneys who seek justice for the severely injured and wrongful death victims of gross negligence. Changing laws to make it more difficult to sue physicians for medical malpractice may not reduce the amount of "defensive medicine" practiced by physicians, according to a new RAND Corporation study.. Hes a doctor willing to trash his own training and education to pander for a vote. When did Rand Paul go there? The NBO was officially incorporated in 1999, according to the Kentucky Secretary of States website. Then they want to take away health care, food stamps and anything that helps the poor. Youre right that he cant seem to just rate a thing true or false based on the facts. I have a Masters Degree in my field and an undergraduate degree was a pre-requisite. @Crusty Dem: Gotcha. Snopes and the Snopes.com logo are registered service marks of Snopes.com. I almost did something similar with an engineering program. Never bothered to graduate from high school and went to MIT anyway. Paulposted a video in which he claimed cloth masks weren't effective at slowing the spread of COVID-19. Paul was board-certified for around 10 years by the ABO until letting it lapse in 2005. >> Fact-checking Rand Paul's comparisons of gender confirmation - CNN No dice. As pointed out above, he is understating his academic credentials if anything. Clavin:..But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. 0000031367 00000 n Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. @grumpy realist: Also, the person with the GED had to actively pursue that certification, as opposed to passively receiving an exit voucher. That is why so many newly licensed physicians have such massive debt loads. He then left U Chicago early to start Medical School. Thats pretty funny because Bush 41, and Clinton both raised taxes. Like Paul, I will also end up with zero electoral votes in the 2016 Presidential election. In 1987, I had a book listing every college in the country with numbers of students, incoming GPA, etc and Baylor University had the worst SAT in the entire book (under 600 M/V combined, IIRC). He later followed up and said he is vaccinated, his children are vaccinated, he supports vaccines and he does not believe they cause disorders, but that they are "temporally related. I think Duke has probably moved up a notch or two since the 80s, but not much. Rand Paul Not Really a Doctor Like in the Board-Certified Sense Malpractice reforms should be assessed by how well they reduce litigation time without undermining patients' needs. Privacy Policy. As it turned out, Paul was board-certified initially by the American Board of Ophthalmologists (ABO) until 2005 and until 2011 by a board he founded himself in 1999, according to his own admission. Copyright 2023 Becker's Healthcare. All too often he seems to give a statement a couple Pinocchios not for being false, but for not being what Kessler thought the guy should have said. does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?. To quote The Big Bang Theory its a little wrong to say a tomato is a vegetable; its very wrong to say its a suspension bridge. Why do you assume this is not how the market was intended to function? . EZDoctor Physician Report | Has My Doctor Been Sued for Malpractice /T 54718 It was and is a good school. USA TODAY reached out to several social media users who shared the posts. xref After YouTube suspended Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., for violating its policies against coronavirus misinformation,some social media users claimed Paul would suffer more permanent consequences for his comments. In 2013, The Washington Post asked Michael S. Rodman, executive director of the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, how the NBO fit into Kentucky law. We now have the scientific evidence that shows the risk of myocarditis for young males is greater for the vaccine than it is for the disease. It is not unheard of for professional programs to admit non-degreed undergraduates who have taken the requisite courses and have otherwise exceptional applications in other fields. "I'm not arguing vaccines are a bad idea. startxref that further confirms that it is satire," McGowan said. /MediaBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] Rand Paul leaves YouTube, says he will now post on Rumble I guess the fact that he had two malpractice suits in 15 years is why he chose to get out of medicine and into politics. This editorial comments on an article in the same journal that demonstrates (through the use of hospital-based adverse drug events) that errors in medicine are prevalent and often preventable. Some commenters on Instagram celebrated the decision to revoke Paul's license. He is president, his wife is vice-president, and his father-in-law is secretary. Board certification, however, demonstrates a physicians exceptional expertise in a particular specialty and/or subspecialty of medical practice, according to the American Board of Medical Specialties.". Full disclosue, I graduate my undergrad degree with a GPA that, while not terrible, was not amazing either. But that entity is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which works with the American Medical Association to approve such specialty boards.