Ruined my night. The author of this article is a physician and he says:
"You might think that this proves that you should always ask to see the doctor, but that’s not borne out by the evidence. In fact, most studies suggest that the care you get from NPs or PAs is indistinguishable from physician care in the outpatient setting, in the hospital and possibly in the intensive care unit and emergency room, though there is less data in the latter two settings."
Sad thing, a lot of medical schools are now trying to get students think along these lines.
Not sure where we should turn when this process beats us up as bad as it does, forces us into poverty for over a decade, is emotionally and physically draining and demanding as it is... and yet there is this other group who takes an enormous short-cut and is now declared "equivalent."
Is this frustrating to anyone else? Or are most like Dr. David Scales (author of article), and pretty much accept the fact that they wasted an extraordinary amount of time when they could've gotten to the exact same position without wasting an extreme amount of money supporting the scum of the earth who run our nation's medical schools and the endless hoops they are forced to jump through just to get on the same level of autonomy and responsibility of a PA or NP who sacrificed 1/8th of the time and resources.
I guess that's part of the reason people come to SDN? To at least commiserate with each other, even as the rest of the country thinks we're wasting our time. That's one of the reasons I come, because I know that after NPs and PAs are completely independent and virtually everyone assumes they are equal, there will still be people on this site who don't fall for the propaganda.
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