Future of Team-Based Healthcare and Degree Dilution

[68PGunner]

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http://www.sakraworldhospital.com/physician_assistant/

Lol that link is the equivalence of a Carribean PA program. We don't use PAs in our hospitals. I have gone to many hospital visits for routine and acute stuff in Japan. I have always been seen by physicians. My wife was shocked at the widespread usage of PAs in the US.

 

[BehindBlueEyes]

The example is very relevant to the post to which I was responding. It obviously wasn't the best choice because apparently most on here don't know what most DMAs entail (e.g., your description in the quoted post clearly demonstrates you have little insight to what you are talking about...) or the difference between a PhD in a music field v. a DMA. Also, PhDs in higher ed music departments are regularly being supplanted by individuals with less training, or less "qualified" training simply for the sake of saving money on salary. So, I still stand behind this example given the context of the conversation. Regardless, this is kind off topic.

Edit - you should also change your status beings you aren't a med student.

Lol sorry, I can't tell the difference on my phone between the medical student and the accepted options. Thank God for the status patrol though.

Both of my parents have DMAs and I'm a music minor, so yes I have a very intimate understanding of what a DMA entails. None of that changes that fact that it's a poor example, however I was referring primarily to undergraduate music programs, so there may have been some confusion.

In any case, this is all incredibly off-topic.

 

[Taddy Mason]

Lol sorry, I can't tell the difference on my phone between the medical student and the accepted options. Thank God for the status patrol though.

Both of my parents have DMAs and I'm a music minor, so yes I have a very intimate understanding of what a DMA entails. None of that changes that fact that it's a poor example, however I was referring primarily to undergraduate music programs, so there may have been some confusion.

I have a music performance degree and was accepted to several DMA programs for performance on my primary instrument (not a family of instruments...) as well as several PhD programs for musicology, but declined those acceptances to pursue medicine instead. I have a sibling with a graduate music degree who teaches at the university level and numerous friends/former classmates who have gone on to earn grad degrees in music (DMAs, PhDs, MMs, etc.), some of whom have gone into higher ed - I'm pretty confident I know what I'm talking about. Again, I stand by this example given the context, however, it probably wasn't the best choice given peoples' familiarity with it. If you really feel the need to continue this discussion PM me as it is rather off topic.