Year: 2010
Resolution Number: 58
Action Taken: No Action
Status:
Author(s): Ponon Dileep Kumar, MD
Sponsor: Michael L. Gambel, MD
On behalf of: International Medical Graduate Section
Committee: C (Internal Affairs and Public Service) [Pre-2014]
Resolved Section(s):
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to come up with suggestions to avoid the confusion between physician doctors and doctors of other disciplines; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to issue a position paper regarding the doctoral graduates from other disciplines.RATIONALE: The Committee noted that this resolution is existing AMA policy. The AMA policy has clear-cut guidelines on the definition of a physician. This should be addressed at the medical staff level to help patients understand who are and are not physician doctors. The Committee also discussed terms such as practitioners and providers, and determined “physician” is the clearest term to define a medical doctor.
RESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to come up with suggestions to avoid the confusion between physician doctors and doctors of other disciplines; and be it furtherRESOLVED: That the Michigan Delegation to the AMA ask the AMA to issue a position paper regarding the doctoral graduates from other disciplines.RATIONALE: The Committee noted that this resolution is existing AMA policy. The AMA policy has clear-cut guidelines on the definition of a physician. This should be addressed at the medical staff level to help patients understand who are and are not physician doctors. The Committee also discussed terms such as practitioners and providers, and determined “physician” is the clearest term to define a medical doctor.
Fiscal Note: NULL
Resolution: View PDF for Doctoral Level Training in Different Disciplines