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What Romeu Zema said about subject doctors to periodic competency evaluations

About: subject doctors to periodic competency evaluations

Romeu Zema: I am in favor—just as there already is for the law field—of us having a proficiency exam.

Romeu Zema: And in my opinion, those who deal with human life, as is the case of a doctor, Vilela, I don't know if you agree with me, a pilot, every three years, needs to go through a complete check-up, because if he were to feel ill while piloting a plane, he could kill 100, 200 people.

In my opinion, a doctor should undergo periodic evaluations as well, to know whether he is up to date on a new substance that cures a disease.

Romeu Zema · 54:25

Romeu Zema: Which sometimes he doesn't study and continues prescribing an old one that sometimes doesn't have the same beneficial effect as something more modern.

Romeu Zema: So, for me, a doctor should be subjected to this scrutiny always.

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argues that doctors should undergo periodic evaluations, comparing them to pilots.

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