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I have been told by NP colleagues that the courses added to get NPs to DNPs are academic courses, research based, etc. They are not clinical courses to get a doctorate level clinical education, which would be that of MDs/DOs. They can call themselves doctors in an academic environment all they want, but don't think they should be allowed to call themselves doctors in a clinical setting to patients.
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long term disability insurance and PAs
SERENITY NOW replied to SERENITY NOW's topic in Professional PA General Discussion
Just a follow up for those researching later who come across this thread. I did a deep dive, reached out to multiple brokers who all spoke with claims specialists / underwriters from the big disability insurance companies. Not one of them has in writing any specialty specific language for PAs. @ventana, this included Guardian - they also confirmed that PAs wouldn't qualify for specialty specific like physicians do. I'm sure there is a lot of confusion out there because insurance agents/brokers have frequently been telling me that it would be specialty specific for us, but when I get to the -
@greenmood, For those with the rolling 2 week furloughs, are they cycling between working 2 weeks and furlough 2 weeks? Or just keeping the furloughed employees as is and extending every 2 weeks until volumes go back to normal? Did the way I framed my question make sense? It is admittedly a confusing situation.
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Hey all, Our EM group is in the not-so-unique situation of having lower volumes and cut hours, and our group is starting with a "voluntary furlough" plan. They were hoping to get volunteers for 2 months at a time, but after discussing with some colleagues, we were wondering if we could do it differently. I'm curious if anyone out there has heard of APPs doing 1 or 2 week furloughs, while still working some of your shifts on the other half of the month? This would make the pay while on a "furlough month" quite a bit closer to normal pay, while still decreasing the number of APP hours ou
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long term disability insurance and PAs
SERENITY NOW replied to SERENITY NOW's topic in Professional PA General Discussion
@EMEDPA Thanks for the reply, E. Is your policy specific to emergency medicine? Which company did you go with? @GetMeOuttaThisMess That was what I was worried about, but I don't understand how they can bold face lie to me and say that it is specialty specific for PAs as well. Is there not any company out there who can make a specialty specific PA disability contract? -
Hey gang, Any of you have experience with long term disability insurance as it applies to PAs? Specifically with regards to the own occupation portion of it that is a key part to physicians since it is specialty specific. If for whatever reason an EM doc couldn't work in EM (say, lost function in a hand), they would still be paid their disability benefit even if they could work and did work later in urgent care. I have been talking with reps and they all tell me that the specialty specific own occ would apply to PAs as well, but I've also read online that some of these insurance broker
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As others have mentioned in the forum, my ED hours have been cut with our volumes low as everyone stays at home. I looked into that other travel PA/NP gig from NYC that was posted here and there were all sorts of red flags with a very last minute deployment. It did however open my eyes up that these types of opportunities do exist for us as well, and made me realize I'm not too familiar with the things I should be looking out for before considering these types of positions. I was hoping to pick the brains of the collective forums mind, especially those of you who have done travel / locums a
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Had enough? What is your exit plan?
SERENITY NOW replied to ventana's topic in Professional PA General Discussion
Any other PAs follow the FIRE (financial independence, retire early) path? I'm planning my exit strategy from the beginning of my career haha. The wife and I both have jobs making good money, we have been working and living with low expenses while investing the difference for 3 years now. If our projections are correct, we should be able to have flexibility to drop to part time (EM around 4-6 shifts per month!) within 4-5 years from now just to cover our living expenses with the part time work, while the nest egg investments will grow huge with compound interest on its own over the ye -
Interactive Medical Cases
SERENITY NOW replied to deborah212's topic in Professional PA General Discussion
Mostly for EM but might have some crossover... search on App Store: resuscitation -
What To Look for in a Residency / Fellowship
SERENITY NOW replied to PA2017m's topic in Physician Assistant Residency
Great list. Some other things to look for off the top of my head: -happy current / past residents - make sure to reach out to a few! -a competitive program to get into probably bodes well for its quality. I interviewed at one program who literally had no other potential candidates, whereas the one I ended up choosing had around 30-40 applicants for the 2 spots. You can ask how many applications they've received to get a sense for this. -
Job Interview Tidbits
SERENITY NOW replied to adkhiker92's topic in Professional PA General Discussion
I'm frequently on interviews for PA/NP candidates in our group. We look for a few key things... 1) experience related to the job (even if before PA school) and dedication to the field 2) personality and how well spoken they are. Do we think they'll fit in with local culture of group. 3) likelihood to stay. What ties you to the group / the area? We want longevity, so convince us of that. 4) some questions we ask: what are your weaknesses you've noticed so far in practice? What do you want in a group? What's your 5 year plan?