Original study shows impact of NPPs on Emergency physician residents
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 [...]
WITHDRAWN: PPP calls out U Penn on article claiming RAs outperformed radiology residents
Efforts to replace physicians are occurring not only in corporations but in academia. The University of Pennsylvania's radiology department seems to have a particular [...]
Innocent EKG findings lead to unnecessary ER visit
How does a healthy patient go into an urgent care for a routine physical---and end up in the emergency department? Emergency physician Andrew Wilson [...]
Vicarious liability: Family physicians discuss malpractice suits due to NP association
Nurse practitioner and physician assistant advocates often assure physicians that they face little liability or risk when performing supervision, insisting that NPs and PAs [...]
Trauma surgeon explains why physician training matters
Stephanie Markle DO MPH explains the importance of physician training, and why there are no shortcuts in medicine.
Compartment syndrome: Physician training saves Veterinarian’s arm
When Karen Saintsing, DVM, a farming community veterinarian, developed sudden severe pain in her arm, she visited her local urgent care, where an NP [...]
HIGHLIGHTS: Will an NP/PA perform your next colonoscopy?
HIGHLIGHTS: Colorectal surgeon Amer Alame MD shares his concerns about studies claiming that NPs can perform safe and effective colonoscopies.
Will an NP or PA perform your next colonoscopy?
Increasingly, nurse practitioners and physician assistants are being asked to step into the roles of physicians. While surgeons and procedural doctors have been fairly [...]