Can DOs have physician assistants?

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Hey guys this is a stupid question, I know, but I cant find any info anywhere. Can DOs have PAs? I am planning on doing family practice, and I have a buddy who is in PA school, who Id love to work with when Im out of school....I know MDs can use PAs, but can DOs? Sorry, I did a search but didnt find anything... any responses would be great! Thanks!
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dziblo said:
Hey guys this is a stupid question, I know, but I cant find any info anywhere. Can DOs have PAs? I am planning on doing family practice, and I have a buddy who is in PA school, who Id love to work with when Im out of school....I know MDs can use PAs, but can DOs? Sorry, I did a search but didnt find anything... any responses would be great! Thanks!
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Yes. A DO has the same practice privileges as an MD.
 
dziblo said:
Hey guys this is a stupid question, I know, but I cant find any info anywhere. Can DOs have PAs? I am planning on doing family practice, and I have a buddy who is in PA school, who Id love to work with when Im out of school....I know MDs can use PAs, but can DOs? Sorry, I did a search but didnt find anything... any responses would be great! Thanks!
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DOs are fully licensed physicians. There isn't anything a MD can do that a DO (in the same field) cannot. Since a DO is a physician, they can have a PA just like any MD.
 
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Thanks- I figured that was the case. Just really never thought about it though...
 
Funny: I was under the impression that DO's were forced to work for minimum wage without overtime since they're considered professionals. Also Family practice is the only option you have after med school, and you work for PA's they don't work for your. Basically you are the same as a CNA or Receptionist.
 
Bacchus said:
Tidbit, before August 8, 2009, PAs actually had limitations on prescriptive abilities in Pennsylvania if they practiced under a DO.
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well state law in pennsylvania also prohibits singing in the bathtub....so go figure
 
Bacchus said:
But we have an osteopathic medical school... that's why I found it so peculiar.
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Well two and a half osteopathic schools :)

I think that was more a reflection on POMA's attitudes toward PA's than Pennsylvania's attitude toward DO's...
 
Threads like this make it seem like people are looking for ANY possible excuse not to attend a DO school.

"If I go to a DO school, will I be allowed to practice dermatology in transylvania in an MD residency and wear a blue hat while having three romanian hookers service my otoscope and get paid the same as an MD?"

Seriously, the thought of being able to have a PA work in my practice was never even a thought that crossed my mind during the application season. Who comes up with this stuff?
 
engineeredout said:
Threads like this make it seem like people are looking for ANY possible excuse not to attend a DO school.

"If I go to a DO school, will I be allowed to practice dermatology in transylvania in an MD residency and wear a blue hat while having three romanian hookers service my otoscope and get paid the same as an MD?"

Seriously, the thought of being able to have a PA work in my practice was never even a thought that crossed my mind during the application season. Who comes up with this stuff?
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The same people that think wikipedia is the word of god and could never be false
 
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^^^ That made me laugh..thanks!!! Its so funny that premeds are so "intelligent" yet they cant figure this DO vs MD $hit out.
 
engineeredout said:
Threads like this make it seem like people are looking for ANY possible excuse not to attend a DO school.

"If I go to a DO school, will I be allowed to practice dermatology in transylvania in an MD residency and wear a blue hat while having three romanian hookers service my otoscope and get paid the same as an MD?"

Seriously, the thought of being able to have a PA work in my practice was never even a thought that crossed my mind during the application season. Who comes up with this stuff?
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DO blue hat derm rights are way better in Transylvania than those of an FMG. Red hat rights though ... I don't know, could be a wash. I'll need to do some searching to get this answer.
 
Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't PAs associated with MDs required to perform more closed door/bedroom activities than with DOs? Isn't there a weekly requirement for "hooking up" like on TV?
 
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Bacchus said:
When was the last time you saw a physician assistant on a medical drama?
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Well when House was auditioning for new Fellow's there was an old guy there who wasn't really a doctor who would have been House's PA had he actually been hired.
 
Bacchus said:
When was the last time you saw a physician assistant on a medical drama?
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About the same time I saw a DO on TV, No scratch that, ER in the nineties. I think it was the one that got HIV. Jeanie Boulet P.A., was her name, dang I'm old.
 
Harrison Ford's character in the fugitive was based on a DO neurosurgeon
 
just one said:
Correct me if I'm wrong, aren't PAs associated with MDs required to perform more closed door/bedroom activities than with DOs? Isn't there a weekly requirement for "hooking up" like on TV?
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OMG....hey can't DOs have fun too?
 
:eek: Wait. Seriously??? Who started this forum? This may be the most ridiculous thread. Get it off of SDN. This is a disgrace. Of course D.O.'s have PA's. They ARE DOCTORS. This is pathetic
 
DRMRL said:
:eek: Wait. Seriously??? Who started this forum? This may be the most ridiculous thread. Get it off of SDN. This is a disgrace. Of course D.O.'s have PA's. They ARE DOCTORS. This is pathetic
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Calm down.....people have questions, and these forums have answers. It dosnt matter what the question is, we all dont have the same background.

Wow...you want to be a doctor..have you heard of being understanding or being compassionate...wait till you meet patients that don't know this stuff...
 
hey biology 101 look at my new thread. Then youll see why im pissed
 
just one said:
Harrison Ford's character in the fugitive was based on a DO neurosurgeon
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He was actually a vascular surgeon. Should I be honest at my interviews and say this movie was what first turned me on to medicine????
 
TopQuark said:
He was actually a vascular surgeon. Should I be honest at my interviews and say this movie was what first turned me on to medicine????
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yes I would. I would also tell them the intricat things about you. like if you sometimes sleep with a teddy bear and really really enjoy warm apple pie and vannila ice cream at night when the electricity goes out in a bad storm.:thumbup:
 
TopQuark said:
He was actually a vascular surgeon. Should I be honest at my interviews and say this movie was what first turned me on to medicine????
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According to the book The DOs, I could of swore it was neurosurgeon but I don't have the book in front of me
here's one link, just google it. http://books.google.com/books?id=7u...OCftfTC&sig=t82rDwWqkUhBK5uyzrg_ho5iPUA&hl=en
just in case we are confused, the real person that the movie was based on was a neurosurgeon, I have no idea what the character in the movie was but I know it was switched from DO to MD for the movie
 
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elftown said:
neutron -> proton + electron + antineutrino

:prof: (i don't think i have ever seen someone use this one before)
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its very cute, but it doesnt take away from the fact that I am right Elftown. :smuggrin:
 
just one said:
According to the book The DOs, I could of swore it was neurosurgeon but I don't have the book in front of me.
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Beat me there, I only saw the 1993 movie. He was definitely vascular in it, and it was pretty essential to the plot; shady pharma falsifying path reports frameup Kimble, and the rest is cinematic history.....:rolleyes:
 
kypreos said:
its very cute, but it doesnt take away from the fact that I am right Elftown. :smuggrin:
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Actually, Elftown is right. In beta decay, neutron->proton+W boson. The W boson decays rapidly to an electron, but its decay releases a lot more energy than the mass of an electron and the antineutrino accounts for that excess energy.
 
TopQuark said:
Actually, Elftown is right. In beta decay, neutron->proton+W boson. The W boson decays rapidly to an electron, but its decay releases a lot more energy than the mass of an electron and the antineutrino accounts for that excess energy.
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I never disagreed with him. Him on the other hand, disagreed with me. and yes everything you said is correct.
teacherman84 said:
you mean intimate
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nope

dont get mad at me
 
Poliscidoc said:
The same people that think wikipedia is the word of god and could never be false
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WHAAAAT?!?! And all this time I thought Wikipedia was just pages of pure information free from being flooded by posts from people trying to trash certain people's life stories. Silly me.....
 
droogdoc said:
WHAAAAT?!?! And all this time I thought Wikipedia was just pages of pure information free from being flooded by posts from people trying to trash certain people's life stories. Silly me.....
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and I get flack for bumping a thread a couple days old. Jeeze people are touchy around here
 
kypreos said:
and I get flack for bumping a thread a couple days old. Jeeze people are touchy around here
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Who cares what people think. I thought it was funny....
 
dziblo said:
Hey guys this is a stupid question, I know, but I cant find any info anywhere. Can DOs have PAs? I am planning on doing family practice, and I have a buddy who is in PA school, who Id love to work with when Im out of school....I know MDs can use PAs, but can DOs? Sorry, I did a search but didnt find anything... any responses would be great! Thanks!
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I thought DOs assisted PAs?????
 
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