![]() Nephrology, I wouldn't have a problem being paid to sit in a dialysis class to get up to speed. Personally, if I was to take a job in a specialty I have no experience in. ![]() ![]() Why is requiring a new grad to attend a specialty focused class "demeaning" but if this same student attends a residency its not.? This along with meeting my primary SP in the clinic at 7am every Thursday morning for an hour to discuss a chapter out of Mayo Clinic Cardiology Board Review until we finished that entire big a$$ed text. especially so if the new grad isn't going to a residency or into primary care.Īs a new grad who's first job was in a Cardiology Practice, I spent my entire first 2 yrs CME allowance on 40 hr American College of Cardiology Physician board review courses to help me get up to speed on my new specialty. I am of the opinion that the first 2 yrs CME allowance SHOULD be spent in its entirety on leaning as much as a new grad can about the new specialty they have entered. He is a NEW GRAD who just passed a General Medicine exam (PANCE) after spending the last 2 yrs studying general medicine. The whole concept is demeaning to PA education. It is insulting to make this PA waste his entire first yr of CME funds on what the hospital/practice is going to teach him w/ OJT. or even get me close to being a Surgical First Assistant. This guy was the Director of Surgery and we were in the OR standing over a patient at 0545 every M-T-W and in the office doing procedures by 1300 M-Th for 4 weeks. I was with a really cool surgeon during my 30 day Surg rotation. it varies by surgeon, hospital, patient, location, etc. You know as well as I do that some PA students get to do all kinds of really cool stuff in the OR and some do not. My ONLY contention was that a non-standardized surgical rotation with a volunteer Surgeon in PA school somehow equals Surg First Assist training. We are in agreement that it should be at the discretion of the Attending/SP. My humble surgical opinion, thanks for this interesting consult. MOST surgical programs will have a new PA walk through this with "Nurse Ratchet, CNOR" to make sure they know the specifics of THEIR operating room.Īfter the basics stated above, it is the discretion of the surgeon to determine how much training the PA needs-and then provide it or ship the PA elsewhere.Ī cred committee who knows not one thing about the PA is not in the position to make that determination. You need to know how to scrub/gown/glove and not contaminate the sterile field. All PA education is standardized to the extent that it can be.
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