I know there are endless “PA vs MD/DO curriculum” threads out there, but this is something I’ve never figured out
Do PAs just skip anything related to a microscope? Can PAs read peripheral smears? I was studying with a PA friend and she looked at my computer, and I had a picture of a lymph node biopsy with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and she said “ew why do you even have to know that”. She’s a first year PA student so she said she didn’t learn this yet but I’m kind of wondering if she ever will? But I didn’t wanna be a jerk and ask. But fr if i showed a PA a peripheral smear would they be able to point out an eosinophil? I if I showed a light microscopy image of PSGN would they be able to tell that it’s a glomerulus?
They always say they learn everything we learn in 1/2 the time but I feel like not knowing what blood or lymphoma or a Pap smear looks like is kind of... odd...
Imagine doing a Pap smear but having no idea what a koilocyte looks like. Even in primary care, not being able to distinguish bacterial vaginosis vs trich on a slide. I’m surprised that of all things, this was left out.
Im also curious to know what other things we learn. Unless we’re just putskying around like they say, taking our time and relaxing while studying for step one, when we could just learn it all in half the time!
Do PAs just skip anything related to a microscope? Can PAs read peripheral smears? I was studying with a PA friend and she looked at my computer, and I had a picture of a lymph node biopsy with Hodgkin’s lymphoma and she said “ew why do you even have to know that”. She’s a first year PA student so she said she didn’t learn this yet but I’m kind of wondering if she ever will? But I didn’t wanna be a jerk and ask. But fr if i showed a PA a peripheral smear would they be able to point out an eosinophil? I if I showed a light microscopy image of PSGN would they be able to tell that it’s a glomerulus?
They always say they learn everything we learn in 1/2 the time but I feel like not knowing what blood or lymphoma or a Pap smear looks like is kind of... odd...
Imagine doing a Pap smear but having no idea what a koilocyte looks like. Even in primary care, not being able to distinguish bacterial vaginosis vs trich on a slide. I’m surprised that of all things, this was left out.
Im also curious to know what other things we learn. Unless we’re just putskying around like they say, taking our time and relaxing while studying for step one, when we could just learn it all in half the time!