Re:Why doctors in America earn so much
by naveen99 on Thursday November 02, 2023 @10:29AM
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Midlevels are partly making up for the doctors who go part time / retire soon after finishing their training.
Yeah, rural areas that can’t support a full time doctor have no choice but to let midlevels practice medicine if they can even get a midlevel.
I think this is the part that's going to break.
IMO, a model where a doctor leads a group of mid-levels seems pretty much ideal. It's like the senior dev leading junior engineers.
Unfortunately, it seems AMA has been so resistant to any change that enough places are simply saying screw it to oversight and allowing mid-levels to practice independently (with limited scope). i