The "Doctor" will see you now.

[LuFins Dad]

I also worry that while NPs get a lot of the technical training necessary for the roles, they receive less of the ethical and moral training that comes with the years of schooling.

[LuFins Dad]

@George-K said in The "Doctor" will see you now.:

I can't find the page that links this image, but here's a screenshot that I did find.

https://nursing.georgetown.edu/degree-programs/masters/fnp-online/

44 credits… to become a practicing physician requires 150 postgrad credits, no? 1 semester of medical ethics course. How does that compare with medical school?

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in The "Doctor" will see you now.:

44 credits… to become a practicing physician requires 150 postgrad credits, no? 1 semester of medical ethics course. How does that compare with medical school?

No idea what it's like now.

But, I can tell you my curriculum from the dark ages.

Gross Anatomy: 3 quarters.
Neuro Anatomy: 1 quarter
Biochemistry: 2 quarter
Micro Anatomy (Histology): 2 quarters
Pharmacology: 2 quarters
Anatomy Lab (cadaver): 3 Quarters
Physiology: 3 Quarters
Psychology: 1 Quarter
Physical Diagnosis: 1 quarter

And then...you got to touch patients.

Physical Diagnosis on real people: 2 quarters.

And then you got to work in a hospital.

Internal Medicine: 1 quarter (12 weeks) - you 'shadow' an intern
Neurology: 6 weeks
Psychiatry: 6 weeks
Surgery: 12 weeks (1 week to anesthesiology)
OB/GYN: 6 weeks
Pets: 6 weeks.

Then, you go to do electives, and internal medicine as a senior was required.
I did 12 weeks of anesthesiology.

I may have missed something, but that's the gist of it.

I don't feel like wading through the current curriculum, but here it is:

https://www.feinberg.northwestern.edu/md-education/curriculum/phases/index.html

[George K]

[Mik]

I’ll be seeing an NP at 4. Three weeks for this cough and drainage. Ugh.

[George K]

Hopefully s/he has more than 500 hours of training.

[Mik]

Actually I think they just have me seeing a PA.

[George K]

In the comments -

• 750 is 15 hrs/week for 1 year.
• 500 hours is 6 weeks of residency (probably more like 8 weeks, but still).

[89th]

@Aqua-Letifer said in The "Doctor" will see you now.:

My NP is a shitload better than all the doctors at the practice.

Which is concerning since the doctors were proctologists.

[jon-nyc]

It never bothers me that much. I see specialists for serious things, if I go to a clinic it’s usually for something basic that I’d self-treat but for the need to prescribe drugs or imaging.