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@Walter Lance I have a feeling that your gf or spouse is a NP.
She's not, and not sure what this has to do with anything.@Walter Lance I have a feeling that your gf or spouse is a NP.
This already exists - DMA, PsyD, EdD, etc.
If they're turning out good Science, it doesn't matter.
One can get a DMA in (insert instrument here), which can take less time than say a PhD in music theory or musicology and doesn't really require any research, and go on to teach music theory, conducting, musicology courses etc., and become tenured. One can get a PsyD, which is easier than getting a PhD in clinical psychology and often doesn't require any original research and can be obtained in less time. PsyDs have the same practice privileges as clinical psychologists with a PhD, can teach, run labs, and become tenured in what previously used to be PhD only positions... I could go on with other examples, but the point should be clear.
This is exactly what you described in the post of yours to which I first responded.
You have been a big defender of the degree creep in our higher education system... hence I thought someone in your close circle is a NP...She's not, and not sure what this has to do with anything.
DMA's are meant for people planning on composing or performing, not people hoping to teach or study music theory. They're not the same thing and is like comparing someone with a PhD in microbiology to a physician who specializes in ID. They're in the same general field of study, but traditionally have two completely different implications. Same thing with your EdD example, that's like comparing physicians to hospital administrators. Your PsyD example is more apt, though the few people I know with PhDs in Psychology don't give much credence to the Psy D degree outside of the realm of treating patients and have said they wouldn't hire a Psy D for a research position.
The point @ChrisMack390 was making is that they're not turning out science themselves. They're piggy-backing off the knowledge and skills of others then claiming the work as their own. We're also not talking about someone doing 5 or 10 years of research as an assistant. We're talking about someone working in a lab for a semester or a year, being 4th or 5th author on 1 or 2 papers, then claiming that their credentials are equal to that of a PhD. It's not "good science", it's fraud.
You have been a big defender of the degree creep in our higher education system... hence I thought someone in your close circle is a NP...
This is news to me.You have been a big defender of the degree creep in our higher education system...
When a nurse performs surgery autonomously there will be no such thing as medical liability, insurance will no longer exist, and every physician and medical student will have immigrated to another more developed country that isn't devolving into an unemployed obese, diabetic, foot ulcer with five dependents.
Where are NP's allowed to intubate? I'm not talking about the CRNA that has a DNP or what not. Are there NP's in emergency departments that have privileges for advanced airway management?
I will say that while I was working as a medic in NY, we had an NP as med control (not the only one but when he/she was on, we got orders directly from him/her). This was the same NP that attended one of my ACLS refresher classes and kept defibrillating asystole.
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Off the top of my head the following nations use PAs, NPs, or their equivalent: Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, India, Liberia, South Africa, China, Japan, Malaysia, Holland,America is the only nation in which we believe that patients do not deserve the treatment of a fully-trained physician. Other nations find ways to train more doctors, while in America we say, "oh, someone with adequate training is just too much for you to need."
America is the only nation in which we believe that patients do not deserve the treatment of a fully-trained physician. Other nations find ways to train more doctors, while in America we say, "oh, someone with adequate training is just too much for you to need."
not that uncommon. PAs and NPs solo staff many rural emergency depts. without a physician on site. I have 2 such jobs. Recently I have intubated 18 times, run 3 codes, cardioverted 3 times, etcNot sure if it is the norm but I work in an ICU with only NPs at night. They intubate, place lines, run codes, etc. .
Alright, so we've got Commonwealth countries, Africa, and Japan. Few first world nations engage in the practice, and most that do engage in it on a much more limited basis than the United States.Off the top of my head the following nations use PAs, NPs, or their equivalent: Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, India, Liberia, South Africa, China, Japan, Malaysia, Holland,
also see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_officer (22 nations , mostly in Africa that use non-physician providers).
I have a doctorate and I agree with you on this point. I'm only Dr Emedpa when I teach or write articles, never in a clinical situation.Referring to themselves "doctor" in a setting where they are administering care is highly misleading to the patient and is wrong.
But what if you say: 'I am Dr. emedpa, and I am your Physician Assistant'. What's wrong with that?I have a doctorate and I agree with you on this point. I'm only Dr Emedpa when I teach or write articles, never in a clinical situation.
it would confuse folks. you don't need to be confused when you come to the hospital. My name tag says PA, DHSc. if someone asks what DHSc is I explain I have an academic doctorate in global health.But what if you say: 'I am Dr. emedpa, and I am your Physician Assistant'. What's wrong with that?
not that uncommon. PAs and NPs solo staff many rural emergency depts. without a physician on site. I have 2 such jobs. Recently I have intubated 18 times, run 3 codes, cardioverted 3 times, etc
And there's the key word. I don't have a problem allowing NPs or PAs full autonomous practice if there aren't physicians readily available, but putting someone with inferior training in charge when there are better options is just silly (especially when we're talking about something as important as a person's well-being).
Where are NP's allowed to intubate? I'm not talking about the CRNA that has a DNP or what not. Are there NP's in emergency departments that have privileges for advanced airway management?
I will say that while I was working as a medic in NY, we had an NP as med control (not the only one but when he/she was on, we got orders directly from him/her). This was the same NP that attended one of my ACLS refresher classes and kept defibrillating asystole.
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No. The standard of care is the standard if care and a midlevels solo staffing an ED should always be illegal.
Something that I think people don't get is that there are always physicians available... for the right price. That rural ED could easily pull in an ED doc, or at least an FP, with a high enough salary. However when you let them recruit inadequately trained providers they will keep the money and do that instead.
these places staff an FP doc or a PA interchangeably. they can not afford boarded ER docs and it would be hard to find one willing to hang out to see only 12-14 pts in 24 hrs. truth be told, the PAs at my solo jobs are more skilled at EM than the FP docs. If we walk into badness at shift change the FP docs want us to run the codes, do the scary procedures, etc as we have an avg of 25+ years of em experience and most of us were previously medics in busy systems. some of the fp guys are 1-2 yrs out of residency in primary care. I have tons of respect for docs and some fp docs in the ER are great, but a new fp grad , except in rare instances, is not a replacement for a skilled em pa with > 100,000 pt care encounters over 20+ years.That rural ED could easily pull in an ED doc, or at least an FP, with a high enough salary. However when you let them recruit inadequately trained providers they will keep the money and do that instead.
these places staff an FP doc or a PA interchangeably. they can not afford boarded ER docs and it would be hard to find one willing to hang out to see only 12-14 pts in 24 hrs. truth be told, the PAs at my solo jobs are more skilled at EM than the FP docs. If we walk into badness at shift change the FP docs want us to run the codes, do the scary procedures, etc as we have an avg of 25+ years of em experience and most of us were previously medics in busy systems. some of the fp guys are 1-2 yrs out of residency in primary care. I have tons of respect for docs and some fp docs in the ER are great, but a new fp grad , except in rare instances, is not a replacement for a skilled em pa with > 100,000 pt care encounters over 20+ years.
But what if you say: 'I am Dr. emedpa, and I am your Physician Assistant'. What's wrong with that?
AGREE. some FPs are rock stars in the ER. most of the guys I work with at my solo gig are full time in primary care clinics, have no desire to do EM, and only cover the ER 1-2 shifts/mo because the hospital requires them to do so to keep admitting privileges. apparently that is not uncommon at rural critical access hospitals, which by federal definition have an FP focus with primary staffing done by FP for hospitalist, ob, etc services.I respectfully disagree. Depends on the FM's training. Many at the programs in my state have as much ER experience (as an attending) as the residency trained guys. All depends on electives and how much you moonlight. A mommy track clinic attending is very different than someone who planned on doing some EM.
Do NPs and PAs steal procedures in residency? I.e. if you are a medicine resident doing ICU? I've tried to factor this possibility into my program choices, in that I'd want to avoid places that heavily utilize MLPs.Couldn't agree more. Midlevels running codes, placing lines and intubating is the stuff nightmares are made of. It's just a matter of time before they create a midlevel film reader because of a 'radiologist shortage' and before midlevels are doing solo appys.
Do NPs and PAs steal procedures in residency? I.e. if you are a medicine resident doing ICU? I've tried to factor this possibility into my program choices, in that I'd want to avoid places that heavily utilize MLPs.
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Off the top of my head the following nations use PAs, NPs, or their equivalent: Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, India, Liberia, South Africa, China, Japan, Malaysia, Holland,
also see this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clinical_officer (22 nations , mostly in Africa that use non-physician providers).
I agree it is often more or less a given that they will do it if it is allowed bc. they can pay $150/ hr less and cost is always a concern. Its not soo much they are just "keeping" the money as redeploying resources. The added cost of the MD is very steep but there are reasonable arguments that it is justified. During the day shift the PA and the MD might be splitting the patients with the MDs name being prefilled on the forms the PA uses. The PA may have 15 years more experience than the MD and it is possible that he is a better provider. Still, there are valid arguments for requiring the MD but they are often not obvious in practice and this makes it easier to justify indirect oversight.No. The standard of care is the standard if care and a midlevels solo staffing an ED should always be illegal.
Something that I think people don't get is that there are always physicians available... for the right price. That rural ED could easily pull in an ED doc, or at least an FP, with a high enough salary. However when you let them recruit inadequately trained providers they will keep the money and do that instead.
http://www.sakraworldhospital.com/physician_assistant/Japan doesn't use PA. That's complete bs. I should know bc my family is Japanese.
No. The standard of care is the standard if care and a midlevels solo staffing an ED should always be illegal.
Something that I think people don't get is that there are always physicians available... for the right price. That rural ED could easily pull in an ED doc, or at least an FP, with a high enough salary. However when you let them recruit inadequately trained providers they will keep the money and do that instead.
Right and the examples you give highlight why the greater use of PAs has not driven down physician salaries nearly as much as many expected. I would argue that just as operative is the fact that the ability of hospitals to use midlevels for many functions blunts the impact of the high wages of the physicians they do have and allows them to be less price conscious in this regard. If hospitals were indifferent to employing physicians they wouldn't plaster them all over their billboards and promotional literature.And that's the catch. How much would you have to pay to pull physicians into a full-time gig in bumblef***, Idaho? I rotated with an OB attending earlier this year who turned down a 500k/year salary in a rural area b/c he'd rather raise his family near a city with more resources even though was offered less than 200k. Hell, I've got classmates that have said they'd rather switch careers than practice outside of a major city. Sure, there are those who want to practice in the rural setting, but there are also plenty of rural areas that can't attract physicians. Plus, how many of those rural hospitals can financially afford to fully staff physicians at "the right price".
To clarify, I'm not talking about the ethical standards we should be striving for. I'm talking about the feasibility of creating a system in which every hospital is able to be staffed by physicians without forcing physicians to practice in regions they don't want to be in that is financially realistic. It's the same reason the "physician shortage" exists.
The comparisons to PhD are getting off topic, as the "gap" is much larger.
4 Undergraduate--> 4 Medical school --> 3-7 residency = Physician
4 BSN (I'm assuming it's not just RN) --> 2 DNP (apparently it can be done in 12 months) = gap bridged
4 Undergraduate --> 2 PA --> 2 (part time) DMS = gap bridged
If one calculated hours, let alone hours and level of rigor, rather than calendar years it would be much more startling.
The tuition bubble is coming. That and when people realize that doubling down on degrees won't translate into the career you want (not healthcare specific). The bachelors degree, once an unquestioned seal of knowledge, is so diluted that employers now have to screen applicants with basic competency tests. What is the point of a bachelors if employers don't trust that you've mastered high school level algebra and freshmen linguistics? Just a matter of time until billy and his parents realize a BA from NYU isn't worth $256,000degree inflation will stop soon when tuition gets so high it doesn't make practical sense
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, along with what was posted by @Stagg737 and @ChrisMack390 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.Not exactly relevant, but DMA is a doctoral degree in composition or performance (of an entire group of instruments, i.e. woodwinds, percussion, brass), not one instrument. As @ChrisMack390 responded with, professors with DMA degrees are not supplanting professors with PhDs for lower salaries. Furthermore, they are teaching students who want to be proficient in things like performance and composition... A DMA is who you want to teach these students music theory. There is no controversy over this and is not a relevant example.