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The Hattiesburg Clinic study: midlevels should NOT function independently
An analysis of almost 10 years of data provides some of the clearest evidence yet that midlevels need to be closely supervised by physicians and kept on a short leash.
Nurse Practitioner
Understanding roles on the health care team
Courtesy of the Indiana Physician Coalition.
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Butthurt Physician Assistants can't handle the truth
On January 7, 2022, Medscape published an excellent op-ed piece entitled "PA Name Change Bad for Patients and the Profession" by Rebekah Bernard, MD, a Florida-based family medicine physician who co-authored the groundbreaking book Patients at Risk and serves as the president of Physicians for Patient Protection, a
Physician Assistant
Neurosurgery PA bashes on physicians
Originally posted on Reddit. Lightly edited for grammar and clarity. This morning Iām sitting on the Neurology floor minding my own business when I hear a Neurosurgery PA talking very loudly to a patient about how she does neurosurgery. She goes on to say that she does everything the
A PA misdiagnosed my years-long battle with endometriosis as anxiety
See a midlevel, lose your ovary.
TikTok
PA makes video explaining why midlevels should continue to be called midlevels
Thou shalt continue to refer to physician assistants as midlevels.
Physician Assistant
PA makes video showing her "compassion" for underserved patients, gets fired
The amount of compassion this PA has for underserved patients is now equal to the value of her professional reputation: zero.
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Sound Physicians pushes midlevel-led patient care at Memorial Health University Medical Center - Savannah, GA
How can you maintain excellent care by putting non-physician midlevel providers in charge of patients?
Stories
Misguided midlevel malice: genius CNM diagnoses diverticulitis on CT
Certified nurse idiot tries to take on another midlevel, fails epically.
Physician Assistant
Deranged midlevel goes berserk on PPP physician's Facebook page, starts making veiled threats
21 years into the 21st century, one would think that most people who don't reside under a rock would be familiar with the old adage (warning?) that everything on the internet is permanent. But as with everything in healthcare and medicine, there are exceptions. Consider, for example, an
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Does the AAPA really think physicians are this dumb?
If the AAPA truly respected its physician colleagues, it wouldn't be calling PAs "physician associates" and assuming all physicians want to associate with them.
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Physician Assistants are now "Physician Associates"
And physicians shall now be referred to as Supreme Physician Commanders.