American College of Preventive Medicine, Washington, DC, United States.
University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
Prev Med. 2018 Jun;111:459-462. doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2018.02.012. Epub 2018 Feb 14.
As some preventive medicine physicians have been denied medical licenses for not engaging in direct patient care, this paper attempts to answer the question, "Do preventive medicine physicians practice medicine?" by exploring the requirements of licensure, the definition of "practice" in the context of modern medicine, and by comparing the specialty of preventive medicine to other specialties which should invite similar scrutiny. The authors could find no explicit licensure requirement for either a certain amount of time in patient care or a number of patients seen. No physicians board certified in Public Health and General Preventive Medicine sit on any state medical boards. The authors propose that state medical boards accept a broad standard of medical practice, which includes the practice of preventive medicine specialists, for licensing purposes.
由于一些预防医学医师因不从事直接患者护理而被拒绝医疗执照，本文试图通过探讨许可要求、现代医学背景下的“实践”定义以及将预防医学专业与其他应受到类似审查的专业进行比较来回答“预防医学医师是否行医？”的问题。作者未找到明确规定从事患者护理时间或就诊患者数量的许可证要求。没有公共卫生和一般预防医学领域的医师在任何州医疗委员会任职。作者建议州医疗委员会接受包括预防医学专家在内的广泛行医标准，以用于许可目的。
