Guest JMPA Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/809242 not diected specifically to the PA profession but rather further insults us by referring to us as extenders. medscape should be ashamed for allowing this #$%%@#$ to be posted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paprospect24 Posted August 9, 2013 Share Posted August 9, 2013 Call me naive but I do not see what is so inflammatory about physician extenders? Granted I have a lot to learn... http://medical-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/physician+extender Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatswain2PA Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Nothing is inflammatory. JMPA is a troll. Just ignore him and he will eventually go back to his closet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator LT_Oneal_PAC Posted August 10, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 10, 2013 I don't think it warrant JMPA's level of outrage, but I don't feel physician extender is appropriate. Many PAs have their own panel of patients without regard to complexity and our a provider in their own right, not an extender of another. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorKramer Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Oneal, We are marketed as physician extenders. We are extending coverage to areas physicians alone cannot handle. Our practice is based on the supervision of a physician, in whatever capacity that may be. I see no problem as labeling us as physician extenders. Respectfully, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paprospect24 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Oneal, We are marketed as physician extenders. We are extending coverage to areas physicians alone cannot handle. Our practice is based on the supervision of a physician, in whatever capacity that may be. I see no problem as labeling us as physician extenders. Respectfully, This is how I see it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/809242not diected specifically to the PA profession but rather further insults us by referring to us as extenders. medscape should be ashamed for allowing this #$%%@#$ to be posted nobody cares. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Oneal, We are marketed as physician extenders. We are extending coverage to areas physicians alone cannot handle. Our practice is based on the supervision of a physician, in whatever capacity that may be. I see no problem as labeling us as physician extenders. Respectfully, It is nice we are delegated responsibilities physicians can't handle alone and need us to be their consulting provider. I'm more than happy to take the referral. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMPA Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Nothing is inflammatory. JMPA is a troll. Just ignore him and he will eventually go back to his closet. obviously boatswain is a mental midget, the article is directly refering to"extenders" being unable to perform physical exams and therefor endangering lives. if the PA community finds no problem with this then we are all in big trouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 The article said that some health care extenders do better physical exams than physicians. It's at the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 11, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2013 obviously boatswain is a mental midget just as an aside....I know boatswain. met him at a conference this year. the dude is not a midget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will352ns Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 What the h%$l do you people have against midgets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paprospect24 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 What the h%$l do you people have against midgets? What do you mean "you people" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic25 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 What do you mean "you people" What do YOU mean, "you people"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 11, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 11, 2013 medic25, you remember boatswain from sempa, right? not a midget....not that there would be anything wrong with that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic25 Posted August 11, 2013 Share Posted August 11, 2013 medic25, you remember boatswain from sempa, right?not a midget....not that there would be anything wrong with that.... Absolutely; great guy, and far from a midget. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Posted August 12, 2013 Share Posted August 12, 2013 Absolutely; great guy, and far from a midget. I've learned two important things today from this thread. One, boatswain is not a midget. Two, there is nothing wrong with being a midget. [/ENDTHREAD] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsman2PA Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I love this thread. I was never blue side, but I've heard horror stories about the BMs. My instructors at boot camp were boatswains, and I swear they had no soul. Moral is: Don't mess with a boats. As an aside and back to the original topic...it's my understanding that the MEDEX program was so named because they were once referred to as MEDical EXtenders. I could be wrong though... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatswain2PA Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 I love this thread. I was never blue side, but I've heard horror stories about the BMs. My instructors at boot camp were boatswains, and I swear they had no soul. Moral is: Don't mess with a boats. No soul? Ouch, that hurts. Almost as much as JMPA calling me an assistant (ad nauseum). I didn't do much deep blue stuff either. Mostly did coastal boat-based search and rescue/law enforcement for Uncle Sam's Confused Group (USCG). I don't know of another Boatswain (USN or USCG) who is a PA, but I hope I'm wrong! What service were you in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAS2014 Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 Love the "Tropic Thunder" references. Well played, well played... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JMPA Posted August 13, 2013 Share Posted August 13, 2013 No soul? Ouch, that hurts. Almost as much as JMPA calling me an assistant (ad nauseum). I didn't do much deep blue stuff either. Mostly did coastal boat-based search and rescue/law enforcement for Uncle Sam's Confused Group (USCG). I don't know of another Boatswain (USN or USCG) who is a PA, but I hope I'm wrong! What service were you in? merely referring to the titles and the psychology behind it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICRob0351 Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 No soul? Ouch, that hurts. Almost as much as JMPA calling me an assistant (ad nauseum). I didn't do much deep blue stuff either. Mostly did coastal boat-based search and rescue/law enforcement for Uncle Sam's Confused Group (USCG). I don't know of another Boatswain (USN or USCG) who is a PA, but I hope I'm wrong! What service were you in? Boatswain - I'm a soon to be PA and proud (retired) member of Uncle Sam's Misguided Children... How many of us do you know that are PAs? Just curious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corpsman2PA Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 I didn't do much deep blue stuff either. Mostly did coastal boat-based search and rescue/law enforcement for Uncle Sam's Confused Group (USCG). I don't know of another Boatswain (USN or USCG) who is a PA, but I hope I'm wrong! What service were you in? Navy; green side FMF with USMC Infantry. Good times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted August 14, 2013 Moderator Share Posted August 14, 2013 there was a marine helicopter pilot in my class. he did his 20, went to pa school(he was also a mental health tech) and got a job with the public health service. he's currently 56, sitting on a 36 yr pension at the rank of commander and still working full time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boatswain2PA Posted August 14, 2013 Share Posted August 14, 2013 IC - I don't know of any other jarheads which doesn't surprise me considering how new I am to the field, how few marines there are, and how few "medical types" there were in the marines. Corpsman- YOU guys are the BOMB (whoops....sorry for bringing the NSA into our conversation) and represent what the basic core of where our profession came from. I had a FMF guy in my class who was top-notch. How long were you in the Navy?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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