Kid pretends to be PA!

Started by Narnian
Physicians and veterinarians: Turn your expertise into action! Explore CDC’s Epidemiology Elective Program and Epidemic Intelligence Service today.
This forum made possible through the generous support of SDN members, donors, and sponsors. Thank you.
Get help with your application

Use all the free resources available to you from SDN: articles, guides, expert advising, forums discussions, and school research.

Browse articles Compare schools My application plan Read Interview Feedback
Practice for interviews Ask an Advisor
"Our initial review of patient charts indicates that patients treated in the ER during this time received the medical care they needed,"

You have to give it to him though..
 
Sounds like he watched "Catch Me if You Can" and took it a little too seriously. I imagine he said "I concur" a lot. 🙄
 
Advertisement - Members don't see this ad
Blue Dog said:
Sounds like he watched "Catch Me if You Can" and took it a little too seriously. I imagine he said "I concur" a lot. 🙄
Click to expand...

Apparently the precocious little brat has impersonated law enforcement in the past as well. :laugh: I don't think I have heard cops say "I concur," a lot. What do you think he said to disguise his puerility in that environment?
 
It will be interesting to see what they do to him. It will also be interesting to see how many patients seen by Doogie PA will sue the hospital. Let's hope he didn't do too many pelvic or breast exams.
 
He was impersonating a PA student, not a PA. That's not all that hard to do, depending on the hospital. A lot of the time students are expected to be completely clueless as far as how the hospital is run. So if he wasn't 100% clued in to how things work, that wouldn't have tipped anyone off. Side note: one of my ID badges as a student said "PA" not "PA student", too, so I doubt he had anything to do with what his ID said.

As a student I had several situations where I was an "outsider": the only student not from a given school, or I started my rotation at a different time than others, or never received an orientation that other students got. I'd constantly have to ask other students/attendings questions about simple day to day things. I was sometimes the only student who had to create my own work schedule or call schedule due to being an "outsider". I didn't always have access to "restricted" areas/info that I was supposed to have access to. My ID badge didn't let me into certain places and my computer account was restricted due to error or sometimes because nobody knew what to do with PA vs MD students. I'd either have to harass IT and/or security or constantly have other people help me into restricted areas or access info.

Of course all his "patients" received appropriate medical care. He was acting as a student, not as a PA-C. He didn't have the final word. All he had to do was learn how to do a basic PE, SOAP note, and present.
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.