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There's an interesting discussion going on AuntMinnie about RPA's.
http://www.auntminnie.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=84190&mpage=1&key=
Current and future rads should be aware of this and prevent RPA's from becoming another CRNA's.
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Posted by radsdude12345
Enough is Enough!!! We should stand up against RPAs and not let this progress!!! Supporting RPAs is the epitomy of being a radwhore!!! Hiring cheap labor to help you if you are busy hire more rads or a NP/PA. Need help with fluoro/IR hire an IR doc or an NP/PA, we donot need to create a whole new field with new accreditations. NO!!!! We donot need to give a specific title to help rads. Glorified RAs should not be allowed to read imaging. I have had enough!!! Cards, ortho, neuro, and every speciality whats to read their own images, now non-MDs want to!!!! Come on RediCat if you want to learn radiology I have a way its called 4 years of med school and 5 years of residency. Enough with people trying to take shortcuts!!!!! You need a foundation. I did 4 years of undergrad, 4 years med school, 5 years residency, and 1 year fellowship to read images, so no RA should be certified. ACR should say no and everyone should say NO!!!!! Is it enough we have to worry about outsourcing to India now we have to worry about homegrown outsourcing!!!!! NO WAY!!!!! If you have excess images hire an extra rad, even daytime telerads by a US licensed rad would be better. RPAs are the true form of RADwhores. We as a speciality should learn from others and not repeat the mistakes of optho, internists, and anesthesia, we should not train others to do our JOB!!!! RPAs want to read images and hospitals will hire them to cut costs. We should not allow this slippery slope to continue or even start. We as a MD speciality should not HIRE RPAs or recognize them as anything more than glorified RTs. Any schmoe can recognize a mass, but the differential is what seperates an MD from other fields. We as doctors should stop looking for short-term benefit and screw over future generations. If you guys donot believe me look at this "half-radiologist" and "we are training with radiologists the entire time":
http://www.radiologytoday.net/archive/rt_110804p26.shtml
http://www.radiologypa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
THIS MUST STOP!!! I PERSONALLY DONOT WANT TO OPEN PANDORAS BOX!!! Take a stand, because I will not hire these individuals, recognize their title, and have written to AMA and ACR and my local state representative. Also, write to universities that offer this program and say there is no market and I use the word univeristy in loose quotes. NO MORE!!!
http://www.auntminnie.com/forum/tm.aspx?m=84190&mpage=1&key=
Current and future rads should be aware of this and prevent RPA's from becoming another CRNA's.
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Posted by radsdude12345
Enough is Enough!!! We should stand up against RPAs and not let this progress!!! Supporting RPAs is the epitomy of being a radwhore!!! Hiring cheap labor to help you if you are busy hire more rads or a NP/PA. Need help with fluoro/IR hire an IR doc or an NP/PA, we donot need to create a whole new field with new accreditations. NO!!!! We donot need to give a specific title to help rads. Glorified RAs should not be allowed to read imaging. I have had enough!!! Cards, ortho, neuro, and every speciality whats to read their own images, now non-MDs want to!!!! Come on RediCat if you want to learn radiology I have a way its called 4 years of med school and 5 years of residency. Enough with people trying to take shortcuts!!!!! You need a foundation. I did 4 years of undergrad, 4 years med school, 5 years residency, and 1 year fellowship to read images, so no RA should be certified. ACR should say no and everyone should say NO!!!!! Is it enough we have to worry about outsourcing to India now we have to worry about homegrown outsourcing!!!!! NO WAY!!!!! If you have excess images hire an extra rad, even daytime telerads by a US licensed rad would be better. RPAs are the true form of RADwhores. We as a speciality should learn from others and not repeat the mistakes of optho, internists, and anesthesia, we should not train others to do our JOB!!!! RPAs want to read images and hospitals will hire them to cut costs. We should not allow this slippery slope to continue or even start. We as a MD speciality should not HIRE RPAs or recognize them as anything more than glorified RTs. Any schmoe can recognize a mass, but the differential is what seperates an MD from other fields. We as doctors should stop looking for short-term benefit and screw over future generations. If you guys donot believe me look at this "half-radiologist" and "we are training with radiologists the entire time":
http://www.radiologytoday.net/archive/rt_110804p26.shtml
http://www.radiologypa.org/DesktopDefault.aspx
THIS MUST STOP!!! I PERSONALLY DONOT WANT TO OPEN PANDORAS BOX!!! Take a stand, because I will not hire these individuals, recognize their title, and have written to AMA and ACR and my local state representative. Also, write to universities that offer this program and say there is no market and I use the word univeristy in loose quotes. NO MORE!!!