Thinking about hiring a midlevel?
Make sure you have a few extra million dollars stashed away to pay for the mistakes they make.
https://t.co/wCJQBQFSIC
@Alexxandra_Lee @AmerMedicalAssn If physician assistant was being confused for medical assistant, then physician associate will be confused for a physician.
Stop trying to confuse patients.
AAPA’s move to change the title ‘physician assistant’ to ‘physician associate’ serves to confuse patients about who is providing care. Patients deserve transparency and clarity, not confusion. #StopScopeCreep https://t.co/cblA9tKExx
@LyleMcDonald2 @llama11_ Enjoy spending your life ripping off patients who don't know better, injuring a lot of them and killing the ones that a physician doesn't save.
Physician's assistant, Physician assistant, physician associate.
In the end, they are just a midlevel and no amount of rebranding is going to change that.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics:
NPs/CRNAs have no on the job training and no experience in the field
Physician's assistants have no on the job training and no experience in the field
Physicians REQUIRE on the job training (residency)
@pjputh @alc2217 Regardless of how you feel about the name change - There is a hierarchy in medicine. If that grinds your gears, turn in your MD and go find a new job where you aren't in charge of patient care
Didn’t a physician get reamed out for being asked to be called a physician recently? Where’s the outrage on the PAs? Their egos are too big to handle but everyone’s quiet. Are physicians being asked to be called physicians arrogant because they’re physicians? Double standards. 🙄