I had a recent neurology exam at my VAMC. I was not happy with the diagnosis and they are going to do a second exam. But my concern is this. the Dr. that examined me (a male) gave no indication he was anything other than a VA doctor. When I got the notes from the exam it was signed by a female neurologist, who is VA staff, and never saw ,me that day, like she had performed the exam. It turns out the person that saw me is a resident at the local university hospital.
I have had a resident do an initial exam before but the VA doctor always did the finish in person and the resident represented himself as such. I have complained to the case worker at the VAMC and the Patient Advocate there. Am I off base in thinking it is a serious breach of ethics, if not law?
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I had a recent neurology exam at my VAMC. I was not happy with the diagnosis and they are going to do a second exam. But my concern is this. the Dr. that examined me (a male) gave no indication he was anything other than a VA doctor. When I got the notes from the exam it was signed by a female neurologist, who is VA staff, and never saw ,me that day, like she had performed the exam. It turns out the person that saw me is a resident at the local university hospital.
I have had a resident do an initial exam before but the VA doctor always did the finish in person and the resident represented himself as such. I have complained to the case worker at the VAMC and the Patient Advocate there. Am I off base in thinking it is a serious breach of ethics, if not law?
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