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What are you supposed to call PA's? I mean, they're technically not doctors but I have met a few that will get visibly upset when they don't hear doctor in front of their name.
The PA's I know go by their first name.
And any PA who insists you call him or her "Doctor" is an idiot.
I feel ya. The ones I've seen don't insist, but you can tell they don't like it all that much.
Wow... I've never run into that before. I always get a medical assistant who will say "Okay, Mike/Gary/Jane/Lisa/etc, the PA, is on his/her way in." Then the PA introduces him/herself by first name. It seems really silly for a PA to request being called doctor when they're obviously the doctors assistant.What are you supposed to call PA's? I mean, they're technically not doctors but I have met a few that will get visibly upset when they don't hear doctor in front of their name.
just like all the other workers who aren't physicians...call them mr./mrs./ms. or their first name if they're comfortable with you
everyone is on a first name basis where i volunteer except for the physicians who are referred to as dr. [insert last name]
As a physician, I'm always going to ask that my co-workers, staff and patients call me by my first name. Because my name isn't Doctor <<last name>>, it's Tim... and I want to know them as people and for them to know me as a person, not as a title.
... but I know I'll be pretty unique in that respect, and that's just fine by me 🙂
... I don't think so, Tim.
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Haha, dude, this is awesome. Why are we both in LA and both at home? That makes two serious dorks in a 2 mile radius.
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Tell me about it. Most exciting news I've had all week was figuring out some new scripts in Microsoft Access.
Shut up, you idiot. You're not even from Philadelphia.
Friday night and someone made an account to troll a pre-med forum![]()
Actually... I happen to think access is pretty freaking exciting. I've definitely spent many a night messing around with some SQL. You might even say I got freaky with it. Yeah, I guess you could call me a stud muffin.
HEY! Lukkie, someone IS more of a dork than you or I. Woo hoo.
Shut up, you idiot. You're not even from Philadelphia.
Shut up, you idiot. You're not even from Philadelphia.
hardcore. i just started with database stuff last week. trying to pick between access and filemaker pro.
Filemaker pro blows balls... but Access is pretty sick. You run queries on it in a language called SQL (albeit a slight variation), which is pretty much the industry standard.
You can do some sweet sweet things with Access though.... Of course, you can do sweeter things with a woman... but let's be honest, if we had a sweet woman to do sweet things with, neither of us would be talking about access on a premed forum on a friday night...
... wow... I think i'll go find out if there are any bullets in that gun over there. 😛
... wow... I think i'll go find out if there are any bullets in that gun over there. 😛
you're probably right. i liked filemaker because its pretty user friendly but i'm already finding some of the limits. guess i should learn some SQL (or the access version of it) to really make some magic. ideally i will be able to integrate access with excel files sometime, being able to pull information from a specific cell on a specific worksheet from a file on a remote server![]()
well if its any consolation...
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To be honest, if you're using access, you don't really need excel (in most cases, in some cases, they go together perfectly, but not in most cases). In actuality, access and excel are kind of like calculus and algebra. When you're doing calculus, you're using most or all of the features of algebra, but you're able to put it into fluid motion - you're doing dynamic algebra... Same thing with access, you have built in spreadsheets (in tables), to which you can apply formulas (in queries and or reports)... but you can do sooooo much more.
hmm guess i got a lot to figure out this weekend![]()
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I agree with this, but in a clinical setting "Dr." should be reserved only for physicians to minimize confusion.So a PA it is first name or mr/ms/mrs. It is ok to called someone doctor if their degree has granted that opportunity. Ie. phd, md, do, dvm, dds, dmd, pharmd etc.. Doctor for the degree, physician if they are indeed an md or do
What if they're a Doctor of Science Physician Assistant (DScPA) or a DNP/DrNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice)?
DittoThe PA's I know go by their first name.
And any PA who insists you call him or her "Doctor" is an idiot.
As a physician, I'm always going to ask that my co-workers, staff and patients call me by my first name. Because my name isn't Doctor <<last name>>, it's Tim... and I want to know them as people and for them to know me as a person, not as a title.
... but I know I'll be pretty unique in that respect, and that's just fine by me 🙂
Many of the best doctors I know happen to have this policy, and it always just made sense to me.
What are you supposed to call PA's? I mean, they're technically not doctors but I have met a few that will get visibly upset when they don't hear doctor in front of their name.
What if they're a Doctor of Science Physician Assistant (DScPA) or a DNP/DrNP (Doctor of Nursing Practice)?
What are you supposed to call PA's? I mean, they're technically not doctors but I have met a few that will get visibly upset when they don't hear doctor in front of their name.