Thank you for sharing your opinion. Your presentation of the field backed by facts and sources for us to review has completely changed my view of the profession. I tip my hat to you sir. Best of luck to your future. Ill leave you with this...
Correct me if I'm wrong, but a physician technically only has to complete a 1 year residency to practice (specifically primary care). Additionally don't PAs who do residencies do so along side of their MD/DO counterparts?
Times are changing. You can complete medical school in 3 years...
Most PA programs require paid healthcare experience with direct patient contact. Unfortunately some schools focus more on high grades and don't require HCE like western university and USC. This trend is something that erks PAs today.
Enough that the government allows for us to diagnose, treat, and continue with care of patients while being able to prescribe drugs including narcotics. And when PAs are working in the field they're not exposed to the same patients? Not sure what bubble you're living in.
And you're speaking...
I have no desire to call myself a physician. Ill be completed with my PA program shortly. What confuses me is all the statements on here saying PAs are limited. It seems to me that most of those on here that have posted really have no idea about the fundamentals regarding the PA profession and...
Hello Everyone,
I'm new to these forums and was interested if anyone knows of an EMT Basic course in the Inland Empire area. I saw there was an EMT Bootcamp up in Northern California but at the moment I'm a stay at home dad (that's inbetween jobs) that's taking accelerated prerequisite...