disabled students are told this is “fair”, and that our needs can be “accommodated later”, despite pre-allocation being the only mechanism designed to prevent harm before it happens.
to the “you knew what you signed up for” folks: no. the rug was pulled from me halfway through my degree. academic performance was removed, and placement is now determined by a random number generator. this was never part of the contract we entered into.
@Anisocyte The PA profession in US was historically designed to upskill army medics. As a result programs require a hefty # of pt facing hours before you even start. US students arrive with a very different baseline both academically and clinically
@Anisocyte Here is a document I compiled of program requirements (UK vs US). There are many other non-coursework requirements for acceptance onto a US course that I go over in this https://t.co/Rsrx7eII5o
US evidence has consistently been used to justify the introduction of PAs in the UK. However, UK PAs have had so many important elements removed that they have morphed into something entirely different.
#NHS treats it’s Resident Doctors appallingly
From random allocation of jobs, lower pay, little options for choosing holidays & days off, limited parking, no provision for food overnight, no office space, moved from job to job every 4-6months
Add £100k plus student debt
I don’t think you’re grasping how apathetic doctors are right now.
Legitimately all the perks of a career in medicine are dead, our job security is gone, our pay eroded, our student loans crippling, our assistants are paid more than us.
We have no more to give.
Reading through UK MedReddit, I’m truly gobsmacked at the state of postgraduate medical training.
Hundreds, if not thousands, of doctors are being denied access to further training because the government has refused to proportionately increase training numbers
The NHS is crying out for doctors, yet at the same time, we’re forcing many into unemployment and denying them further training
@wesstreeting , what is the plan? Many cannot afford to wait years for reform, urgent change is needed now. At the very least, there must be accountability for this colossal failure in workforce planning
@natalieben@PeterStefanovi2@CommonsHealth@parthaskar@AmandaPritchard@LaylaMoran@DrAsifQasim@doctor_oxford@NHSE_WTE
@Tobeyeus@DCH17122019@louisecoatesuk@rcgp @KamilaRCGP No, there is a level of preparation aside from those few clinical hours undertaken during the course that UK PA programmes simply do not match
@tsoburol@rcgp @KamilaRCGP Tim, if PAs are so talented, why do they need consultants like you running PR campaigns for them instead of, oh I don’t know, just proving themselves with actual competence?