#Board Certification

[mashupofmylife]

boards are done!

now to wait 10-12 weeks to get the results 🙃

[drmele]

Plastic Surgery is a huge umbrella. It encompasses not only my subspecialty, Cosmetic Surgery, but Reconstructive Surgery, also. These are not truly two separate disciplines, because there is a lot of crossover. I cannot be at the top of my game in Cosmetic Plastic Surgery without also keeping up with the latest advances in reconstructive surgery.

I am blessed to have an interesting private practice encompassing a large variety of cosmetic procedures. I am able to do Facial Plastic Surgery as well as Body Sculpting, and it is the variety that keeps me motivated to always learn more.

So how does a Plastic Surgeon keep up? Today's blog reviews the ways and shows how cosmetic and reconstructive plastic surgery go hand in hand to produce the safest and most predictable results.

Read more here:

https://www.sanfranciscoplasticsurgeryblog.com/how-do-i-stay-up-to-date-with-plastic-surgery-innovation

[marywoodartdept]

Becoming an Art Therapist

Liz, art therapy blogger, shares steps to becoming an art therapist, from completing a master’s in art therapy to gaining licensure. She highlights the career’s rewarding nature and diverse settings where art therapists can work. #MarywoodArt #ArtTherapy

Art therapy is a great career choice for those who want to combine art making and psychology. For those unfamiliar with this field, Art Therapy is “a mental health profession that enriches the lives of individuals, families, and communities through active art-making, creative process, applied psychological theory, and human experience within a psychotherapeutic relationship” (American Art Therapy…

[mccareer]

FY24 Board Certification, MOC, and Non-BSO 18 CME Funding Execution

The end of the Fiscal Year 2024 is approaching. All Non-BSO 18 CME Conference Travel requests, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and Board Certification Examination funding requests must be submitted to the Navy CME Office by 27 September 2024.  Any travel related funding requests for September were already due to the Navy CME office by 23 August 2024. In accordance with BUMEDINST 1500.20A,…

[gwydionmisha]

Democrats sue Georgia over election rules that could 'invite chaos'

[retropopcult]

McDonald's, December 1976

[suguwu]

...modern au and an accidental (drunken) vegas wedding with diluc

[justinspoliticalcorner]

Rebecca Crosby and Noel Sims at Popular Information:

During Tuesday night’s vice presidential debate, Senator JD Vance (R-OH) refused to acknowledge that former President Donald Trump lost the 2020 election. “Did [Trump] lose the 2020 election?” Governor Tim Walz (D-MN) asked Vance. “Tim, I’m focused on the future,” Vance responded.  Vance then echoed Trump’s false claims about election fraud occurring during the 2020 election, despite there being no evidence of any significant fraud. “Obviously, Donald Trump and I think that there were problems in 2020,” Vance said.  When asked by CBS moderator Norah O’Donnell, Vance refused to say if he would accept the results of the 2024 election if it was certified by all 50 states. Vance deflected, stating, “[W]e’re focused on the future.” 

A more likely scenario for the 2024 election, however, is that the results of closely contested states are not officially certified by Republican election officials in an effort to validate spurious claims of fraud. A new report published this week by the Brookings Institution revealed that election officials across the country have histories of election denialism and have refused to certify elections. A report by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) found “[a]t least 35 current county election officials” that have voted against certifying an election in the past. Public Wise, Informing Democracy, and the Center for Media and Democracy identified dozens of additional election officials that have “promot[ed] election denialism or amplif[ied] unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud or irregularities.” The amount of election deniers acting as election officials “presents a challenge for monitoring certification,” specifically in swing states and remote areas. 

This has been a growing problem since Trump began spreading lies about election fraud during the 2020 election. The Brookings Institution found that in 2020, “at least 17 county election officials across six swing states attempted to prevent certification of county vote totals.” In 2022, it grew to “at least 22 county election officials” who voted to delay certification in swing states. This year, there have been “at least eight county officials” that have already voted against certifying election results for primary or special elections. This is part of a larger landscape of election deniers in positions of power across the country. According to a data tracker created by States United Action, there are 26 election deniers that hold statewide office and 172 election deniers in Congress. It is not clear what will happen if state officials refuse to certify the 2024 presidential election. But the point of blocking certification is to inject chaos and uncertainty into the election process.

The basics of certification

Until the last few years, election certification was a process that received very little attention from activists or media. It is a formality that occurs days or weeks after election day, depending on state or local procedures — by which point the winners of nearly every election have already been declared, defeated candidates have conceded, and everyone has moved on. According to the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, election certification follows four general steps, although there are some differences in how each state handles the process. First, when polls close on election day, and all the ballots are counted, election officials release a preliminary count. While these results are technically unofficial, they are the numbers that the media uses to call races on election night. Then, election officials will canvass the results. According to the EAC, “[t]he canvass process aggregates and confirms every valid ballot cast and counted, including mail, uniformed and overseas citizen, early voting, Election Day, and provisional ballots.”  Most states also require an audit of the technology that was used to record and count ballots. 

Once these steps are complete, election officials certify the results. Deadlines for certification vary for state and local races, but usually fall between mid-November and mid-December. The deadline for certifying presidential election results is six days before the meeting of the Electoral College. In 2024, states will need to certify their presidential election results by December 11. At the county level, it is typically a board of three to five officials who certify results, although in some places just one person is responsible for certification. Once counties have certified their results, they send their results for state and federal elections to state authorities who aggregate and certify statewide results. The certification process is separate from the process by which a state might investigate any irregularities in an election, like voter fraud. Instead, other state officials such as a secretary of state or governor are vested with the authority and resources to investigate any issues and address them through a recount or audit. The certification process simply affirms that election officials have double checked that they counted correctly and the technology they used was working properly.

Most importantly, election certification is not a discretionary duty. Instead, it is a ministerial responsibility, meaning it is a task that must be completed by the officials elected or appointed to do so. All states have some kind of mechanism at their disposal to ensure that the certification duty is fulfilled. Some states have statutes specifically mandating that election officials complete certification. Others have more general laws to ensure that elected officials fulfill the non-discretionary requirements of their office. In 2022, these mechanisms ensured that election results were certified even in counties where election officials resisted certification.

Popular Information takes a look at how the Republicans could commit perfidious acts to subvert the 2024 elections, such as refusal to certify election results that show Donald Trump losing.

[doctorweebmd]

Oh we need to burn ABIM to the fucking ground

[drmele]

“The Mission of the American Board of Plastic Surgery Inc., is to promote safe, ethical, efficacious plastic surgery to the public by maintaining high standards for the education, examination, certification and continuous certification of plastic surgeons as specialists and subspecialists.”

The statement above is the mission statement of the American Board of Plastic Surgery (ABPS), the primary board for certification of Plastic Surgeons in the United States. Directors of The American Board of Plastic Surgery are actively engaged in the practice of plastic surgery. Importantly, these members volunteer to serve without remuneration.

Continuous Certification by the American Board of Plastic Surgery includes annual self-assessment examinations and practice improvement throughout the ten year certification period.

Learn more about the importance of Board Certification on today's San Francisco Plastic Surgery Blog:

https://www.sanfranciscoplasticsurgeryblog.com/american-board-of-plastic-surgery-continuous-certification

[quietwingsinthesky]

millieverse john winchester has a small scar around his left ring finger because when she was three, she realized she wasn’t going back to her mom and she bit him. she cracked her tooth on his wedding ring. the first time sam and dean met her, she had a mouth full of blood. until she was seven, she only had half a tooth at the front of her smile, and after it fell out, her face never looked right to her again. at that age, she didn’t remember her mother’s name and never asked before john died.

[mccareer]

FY24 Board Certification, MOC, and Non-BSO 18 CME Funding Execution

The end of the Fiscal Year 2024 is approaching. All Non-BSO 18 CME Conference Travel requests, Maintenance of Certification (MOC), and Board Certification Examination funding requests must be submitted to the Navy CME Office by 27 September 2024.  Any travel related funding request for September must be sent to the Navy CME office by 23 August 2024. In accordance with BUMEDINST 1500.20A, NMLPDC…

[freakoutgirl]

Just graduated a week ago and I already have people sending me job openings

[gwydionmisha]

I'm begging you please come out to vote. Early if possible. Bring friends. Bring family. It really really matters.

Georgia reports record turnout as early voting begins in US battleground state

[teddy-bear-naps-and-random-snaps]

[drgaellon]

Phew! That’s done for another ten years!