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[quote=Anonymous]I'm a physician who works for a health system that employs many NPs and PAs in primary care, urgent care, and some surgical specialties. Qualities vary. Not sure if that has to do with the individual (and thus unpredictable) or has to do with quality of training or programs attended. They are great at following protocols and supporting physicians. Some PAs are like robots and cannot or don't want to think critically. That's a problem in specialties that require cerebral thinking, a lot of uncerrtainties, and constant recalibration of differential diagnoses and treatment adjustments. They would make better surgical PAs than medical PAs. Most NPs tend to be in primary care or OB or geriatrics. I think NPs cost health systems more in compensation because they are often unionized whereas most PAs (and MDs) are not. I'm not sure if above was helpful. I personally wouldn't encourage my children to go into health care, MD or midlevel... [/quote]
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