CPMSM Miscellaneous Exam With Complete Solutions (A+)
NAMSS CODE OF ETHICS - ANSWER Certificants shall abide by ethical principles
developed to safeguard the public and to promote quality patient care through the
support of the healthcare organization and its functions
Certificants shall share knowledge, foster educational opportunities and encourage
personal and professional growth through continued self-improvement and applications
of current advancements in the profession
Certificants shall refrain from conduct deemed harmful to the public or inappropriate to
the profession
CREDENTIALS FILES - ANSWER QI separate or in files is up to the organization. It is not
discoverable. It should be kept secure.
There should be policies for access to the credentials files.
QI data is non-discoverable under HCQIA and is protected by state peer review statutes
as well.
RECORD KEEPING - MINUTES - ANSWER Minutes are the legal record of meetings and
can be subpoenaed
Make changes in red ink and preserve the original document
FIFTH PATHWAY - ANSWER Pathways are approved avenue to residency training at a
US hospital, which completes a medical education. Before 1971 there were four
pathways:
1. Graduation from a US medical school
, 2. Certification by the ECFMG
3. Full and unrestricted licensure by a US licensing jurisdiction
4. Passing the Spanish language licensing examination in Puerto Rico
In 1971, the Fifth Pathway was created.
It is an avenue by which students who have attended four years at a foreign medical
school may complete their supervised clinical work at a US medical school, become
eligible for entry to US residency training and ultimately obtain a license to practice in
the US.
Qualified for a Fifth Pathway? - ANSWER Only students who:
1. Graduated from an accredited American college or university;
2. Studied medicine at a medical school located outside the UIS that is listed in WHO's
World Directory of Medical Schools and which requires a year or more of
internship/social service (beyond the four years of medical school) before receiving a
medical degree;
3. Completed all formal requirements of their foreign medical school EXCEPT the final
year(s) of clinical work/social service
Fifth Pathway students do NOT graduate from a foreign medical school. They leave early
to complete their final year in the US. They do not receive a medical diploma from the US
medical school, but rather receive a "certificate of completion". This document IS this
student's medical credential.
HCQIA: Health Care Quality Improvement Act - ANSWER HCQIA essentially immunizes
peer review actions from liability if the action was taken in the reasonable belief that it
was in the furtherance of quality healthcare/
Entities that fail to report actions greater than 30 days may lose HCQIA immunity for 3
years
NAMSS CODE OF ETHICS - ANSWER Certificants shall abide by ethical principles
developed to safeguard the public and to promote quality patient care through the
support of the healthcare organization and its functions
Certificants shall share knowledge, foster educational opportunities and encourage
personal and professional growth through continued self-improvement and applications
of current advancements in the profession
Certificants shall refrain from conduct deemed harmful to the public or inappropriate to
the profession
CREDENTIALS FILES - ANSWER QI separate or in files is up to the organization. It is not
discoverable. It should be kept secure.
There should be policies for access to the credentials files.
QI data is non-discoverable under HCQIA and is protected by state peer review statutes
as well.
RECORD KEEPING - MINUTES - ANSWER Minutes are the legal record of meetings and
can be subpoenaed
Make changes in red ink and preserve the original document
FIFTH PATHWAY - ANSWER Pathways are approved avenue to residency training at a
US hospital, which completes a medical education. Before 1971 there were four
pathways:
1. Graduation from a US medical school
, 2. Certification by the ECFMG
3. Full and unrestricted licensure by a US licensing jurisdiction
4. Passing the Spanish language licensing examination in Puerto Rico
In 1971, the Fifth Pathway was created.
It is an avenue by which students who have attended four years at a foreign medical
school may complete their supervised clinical work at a US medical school, become
eligible for entry to US residency training and ultimately obtain a license to practice in
the US.
Qualified for a Fifth Pathway? - ANSWER Only students who:
1. Graduated from an accredited American college or university;
2. Studied medicine at a medical school located outside the UIS that is listed in WHO's
World Directory of Medical Schools and which requires a year or more of
internship/social service (beyond the four years of medical school) before receiving a
medical degree;
3. Completed all formal requirements of their foreign medical school EXCEPT the final
year(s) of clinical work/social service
Fifth Pathway students do NOT graduate from a foreign medical school. They leave early
to complete their final year in the US. They do not receive a medical diploma from the US
medical school, but rather receive a "certificate of completion". This document IS this
student's medical credential.
HCQIA: Health Care Quality Improvement Act - ANSWER HCQIA essentially immunizes
peer review actions from liability if the action was taken in the reasonable belief that it
was in the furtherance of quality healthcare/
Entities that fail to report actions greater than 30 days may lose HCQIA immunity for 3
years
