If you could do it all over, would you consider a being a midlevel?

[EddieL]

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I don't have a bias either way and am really just curious. I read over a lot of the 'if you could do it all over' threads, but a lot didn't really address this question in particular.

With the way things are going (DNP derm residences, physician assistant to physician associate, etc), would you want to be a midlevel (NP/PA) instead of a physician if you could go back in time? Why yes or no?

 

[JeffLebowski]

I feel like this thread is asking for a flame war.

But in all seriousness, I just don't think I'd have the time to come on SDN and tell doctors I was basically a doctor all day. Or the gall.

 

[EternalMD]

why not? decent pay, lack of ultimate responsibility (no autonomy but you don't really worry about being the safety net), better lifestyle, easier path, earlier income, and if you go the nursing route, a stronger lobbying group with the ability to portray doctors as self-absorbed, tactless, uncaring individuals with too much $$ on their hands

 

[dutchman]

No thank you. I'll take my chances as a physician or leave the field entirely. Yea, they might be enjoying their rodent proliferation for now, but soon they will come a dime a dozen, and you do not want to be one of the rodents in that sewer.

 

[JaggerPlate]

No thank you. I'll take my chances as a physician or leave the field entirely.

Yeah I don't know why you would 'do it all over again,' but still spend a significant amount of time, debt, etc, and enter into the field quicker, but fighting far more saturation with less earning power.

If I wasn't going to 'do it,' I wouldn't try to be involved with clinical practice in any way shape or form.

 

[Slack3r]

Yeah I don't know why you would 'do it all over again,' but still spend a significant amount of time, debt, etc, and enter into the field quicker, but fighting far more saturation with less earning power.

If I wasn't going to 'do it,' I wouldn't try to be involved with clinical practice in any way shape or form.

Word. If I'm going to do it, I'm sure as **** not going to half ass it.

 

[smq123]

DNP issue has been discussed almost ad nauseum on this forum. While it's important, this poll is a little bit of overkill. Closing.