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Re:IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts by plucas on Sunday January 23, 2022 @10:29AM (#30046827)
This is a mischaracterization of P.A.s (well, not the being-paid-less bit). Do you know any personally?
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Re:IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts by jac241 on Sunday January 23, 2022 @12:46PM (#30048329)
It's a mischaracterization for PAs because doctors only have ~7.5x minimum more clinical training and not 10x, 15000 clinical hours (for med school + family medicine, the shortest residency program) vs 2000hrs. Ask any radiologist you know what they think about the imaging orders from NPs and PAs and that will give you your answer.
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Re:IBM’s Watson Health is sold off in parts by SkyPuncher on Sunday January 23, 2022 @10:38AM (#30046922)
He's exaggerating significantly, but the core point is true. pAs and NPs will be the future of hospital care.
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