In health care today, we are going through a tumultuous transition, with the new federal health reform law, escalating cost of health care, large mandatory cuts for doctors occurring in January, and certain reduction in Medicare financing in the fiscal-cliff negotiations.
"Core training in palliative care should be mandatory for all doctors to ensure consistency of decision-making, based on best practice and current evidence.
The findings of this study thus support the recommendation for a future strategy to make it mandatory for senior doctors to participate in courses on clinical training.
Publishing articles has also been made mandatory by CPSP for doctors, for ascending to the next level in tenure system.
Structured CPD is mandatory for career grade doctors and scientists as part of the requirements for them to maintain their individual licence to practice and in order that the laboratory in which they work may be accredited.
Already in December, Congress made the future guideline's recommendations mandatory for over 14,000 doctors who care for our nation's veterans.
Mr. Kennedy, who is supporting Mr. Schneiderman's proposal, is also seeking mandatory training on addiction for doctors and pharmacists, among other steps.
Mandatory training in care of dying for doctors was only required in 19% of trusts and for nurses in 28% of trusts.
