There is no doubt that America is facing a physician shortage, due in large part to a lack of residency positions, the mandatory 1-3 years that medical school graduates must complete to receive a license to practice medicine.

Louisiana physicians discuss their successful effort to block scope of practice expansion in the state.

In 2023, three nurse practitioners sued the state of California for the right to call themselves 'doctors' in a clinical setting. Bioethicist Arthur L. Caplan, PhD, discusses the ethics of titles in healthcare.

At 39 years old, Hasina Hafiz wanted a physician to oversee her pregnancy and delivery. However, the only clinic in the area that accepted her insurance refused, allowing only CNM/ WHNP care.

Jacqui O'Kane, DO was fulfilling the promise of Family Medicine, providing expert physician care to rural residents of Georgia.  Burned out from overwork and support staff challenges, she decided to leave hospital employment.

Sara O'Heron, MD discusses changes in the education and training of NPs and PAs over her 35-year career.

Plastic surgeon Alina Sholar, MD discusses the risks and dangers associated with non-physician supervised medspa medical procedures.

Employment attorney Dennis Hursh, Esq advises physicians on best practices for a fair employment contract.

Lead author Andrew W. Phillips, MD, MEd, joins me to discuss the brand new study 'Effects of Non-physician Practitioners on Emergency Medicine Physician Resident Education,' the first study to evaluate the impact of NPPs on EM resident physicians.

Hear details about the new book, Imposter Doctors: Patients at Risk, available NOW.

Can't find a job that doesn't require you to supervise non-physician practitioners?  It's time to consider a return to self-ownership!

Emergency physician Andrew Wilson, MD, discusses a case in which a routine work physical at an Urgent Care resulted in an unnecessary ER visit for a patient.

Last week was Match week, and while thousands will celebrate matching into residency, 2,500 medical school grads will face an uncertain future due to a shortage of residency positions.

Nurse practitioner and physician assistant use are often justified because of a shortage of physicians, especially in underserved areas.

The COVID19 pandemic created both challenges and opportunities in the healthcare sector. One major winner: telehealth startup companies offering ‘virtual’ medical care, including psychiatric care.

Nurse practitioner and physician assistant advocates often assure physicians that they face little liability or risk when performing supervision, insisting that NPs and PAs are liable for their own errors.

Imagine this scenario: You are rolled into an operating room in a surgical center for an outpatient elective procedure. But when you wake up; you’re in an emergency department, and you learn that you nearly died from anesthesia complications.

Physicians train for at least 15,000 hours before we are permitted to practice independently, and one of the reasons is that it takes a long time and a lot of patient volume to be exposed to the many different presentations of disease processes to learn how to recognize true emergencies that need immediate interventions. 

Today we are going to explore the phenomenon of NPs and PAs performing colonoscopies

Increasingly, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are being asked to step into the role of physicians.

Tired of being owned by corporations, but don't want to open your own practice?

In Jan 2022, the Journal of Nursing Regulation published an article entitled: Analysis of Nurse Practitioners’ Educational Preparation, Credentialing, and Scope of [...]

Attorney and emergency medicine physician William P. Sullivan believes that nonphysician practitioners should practice independently, but be held to the same medical [...]

In several previous podcasts, you have heard us refer to research studies that claim to show that nurse practitioner care is just [...]

Douglas Farrago MD discusses why '9 out of 10 administrators' absolutely hate his new book, The Hospital Guide to Physician Retention: Why Creating [...]