CanadianPA Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Was having lunch with a bunch of members of the family medicine group I belong to. Among the group were chiropodists, social workers, occupational therapists, mental health counselors, psychologists, and an np. THEY (not me!) brought up how "physician assistant" is such an awful title and how it's not at all descriptive and how the title for us shouldn't have the word "assistant" because it is so misleading. I just laughed and agreed then asked what they thought we should be called, "jr doctor" and "assistant physician" topped the list. lol. I just kept laughing and told them that this was a political issue in the PA world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 Please get your title changed. Maybe you can beat us US PAs to the punch. We are still drinking the kool-ade, unfortunately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddoc Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 British PA's officially changed their name to physician associate last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiggySRNA Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 British PA's officially changed their name to physician associate last year. I've always wanted to live in England. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted September 19, 2014 Share Posted September 19, 2014 British PA's officially changed their name to physician associate last year. And the world didn't implode??? Gasp! Inconceivable! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JFarnsworth Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 Wow, the US is lagging! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Paula Posted September 20, 2014 Share Posted September 20, 2014 I find it interesting that Canada has chiropodists. In US equivalency we call them podiatrists. We use to call them chiropodists and when they changed their title nothing happened either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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