ACROSS THE POND
Where it all began.
40 years ago.
And where it is now.
“As a PA, your limitations will just be lot closer than those of a physician, kind of like the difference between a dog with the full run of the backyard and one who is brought up short by his chain while chasing a squirrel.”
PANDA BEAR MD
May 2007
A great blogger!
And three links to great pieces about the Physician Assistant in the USA (essential reading if you need to know where the NHS is going).
PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS IN THE USA
- THE PRECURSOR OF THE UK NATIONAL PRACTITIONER ESCALATOR
“Not a day goes by where I don’t come against the limits of my knowledge and I have been hard at it for almost six years. And I still have two more years of training before I can practice independently of skilled supervision. If you think that some guy straight out of a two-year masters program is equal to the task then God love you, you’re a true man of the people, but you are crazier than a shithouse rat.”
PANDA BEAR MD
January 2007
“To a politician or anybody making public policy, “health care providors” are interchangeable components and one is as good as another to demonstrate a compassionate concern for univeral access to health care. It is also easy to make scapegoats out of “rich doctors,” most of who are not actually rich, especially as the public by-and-large has no idea how much low-paid and no-paid training is required to make a doctor. My neighbors sneer at the state of my lawn and opine that a guy like me pulling in the proverbial six-figures could pay to have it mowed more often.”
PANDA BEAR MD
January 2007
Familiar?
There is nothing new under the sun.
At least, not in the UK any more.
The Witch Doctor - Link to a random page
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LINK TO UK MISSING KIDS WEBSITE
LINK TO MISSING PERSONS WEBSITE
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