MD & DO Article on how VA went too far on NP independence.

[throwaway1000000]

Did you mean this?

Differences in Opioid Prescribing Among Generalist Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, and Physician Assistants - PubMed

That and also this that came out more recently:

Opioid Prescribing by Primary Care Providers: a Cross-Sectional Analysis of Nurse Practitioner, Physician Assistant, and Physician Prescribing Patterns - Journal of General Internal Medicine

Background Prescription opioid overprescribing is a focal point for legislators, but little is known about opioid prescribing patterns of primary care nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs). Objective To identify prescription opioid overprescribers by comparing prescribing...

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[Splenda88]

We also need to ask ourselves some questions as well:

Is med education too long? Is it necessary to go school for 11 yr to be a PCP?

Does psych residency need to be 4 yrs? Will a 3 yr psych residency yield a vastly inferior product?

Should GI/Card/hem-onc be 5-yr integrated programs?

 

[throwaway1000000]

We also need to ask ourselves some questions as well:

Is med education too long? Is it necessary to go school for 11 yr to be a PCP?

Does psych residency need to be 4 yrs? Will a 3 yr psych residency yield a vastly inferior product?

Should GI/Card/hem-onc be 5-yr integrated programs?

Very valid points

 

[Goro]

@Goro, I saw some reddit post a while back showing that adverse outcome data isn't mandated reporting for non-physician/dentist practitioners. I would think that this would make validity of a retrospective study be called into question.

How could this possibly be true??? That would imply midlevels could literally murder patients and get away with it!