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1. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Correct me if I am wrong, but you seem to run a primarily cash only practice. Most physicians don't do that. Obviously, you're not facing the same hassles and problems that physicians face since you only deal with a couple of insurance companies. And...

2. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   I respectfully point out that the 3-7 years of residency after medical school is still training. Medical school is considered as undergraduate medical education while residency is considered graduate medical education.

3. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   What you're still referring to is a cultural problem, not one that is inherent with the medical/nursing training system. Even if our health care workers switched to treating psychiatric patients the way they're treated in third world countries, once ...

4. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Forgive me, but I don't see how that suggests there's a problem with medical or nursing training in the US. What you're referring to is a cultural issue. People with psychological issues tend to do better in third world countries because their cultur...

5. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Unfortunately, that's a very bad stance to take in the realm of healthcare. Policies and protocols need to be driven by substantial evidence resulting from extensive studies. I would think that practically everyone involved in healthcare, and even th...

6. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   dgenthusiast replied to BS, NP's topic in NP

   Unfortunately, it's not up to me to prove anything. The hallmark of statistics and experimental design is that it's up to the person making the claim (here, it's you) to provide evidence supporting their claim. So far, there's not a single study that...

7. Should NPs become COMPLETELY independent?

   dgenthusiast replied to BS, NP's topic in NP

   And I'm sure physicians feel the same way when midlevels suggest that they're equivalent or have equal training as physicians. As a side note, did you really have to resurrect a thread that's been dead for over a month just to make a comment about in...

8. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Thanks for the info. I appreciate it.

9. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

   dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

   Unfortunately, there aren't any (yes I mean absolutely none) well-done studies that suggest that outcomes are equivalent beyond providing care for minor things that really don't require any training at all. There are many studies performed with flawe...

10. The latest good news for all of us

    dgenthusiast replied to t2krookie's topic in NP

    i'm confused. where did i ever say it was okay for another study (led by physicians) to use the same data? if the other study did that as well, that's a flawed study too. it doesn't matter who conducts a study. if there's a flaw in the methods, i wil...

11. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

    It's interesting that you say that many physicians don't accept Medicare, Tricare, or Medicaid, but when I looked at the site you linked (presumably where you work), you seem to have a cash-only type of practice for the most part (with the exception ...

12. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

    M3 is the first year dedicated solely to clinical training. But clinical exposure at most med schools these days begins within the first few weeks of starting M1. During the preclinical years, the clinical training teaches you to take proper H&Ps...

13. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

    To be honest, I do not see the point in doing that. I'm also not entirely sure what you mean by "fusing" clinical training with didactics. It would be incredibly hard to have basic science lectures, exams, etc, like you would in the preclinical years...

14. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

    The problem with that line of thought is that it assumes students applying to medical school already have determined what specialty to go into. That's very unlikely. The majority of people who enter med school with a specialty in mind go into a compl...

15. Why are so many Doctors hostile towards the DNP?

    dgenthusiast replied to Meesterjojo's topic in Doctoral

    I actually disagree with you there. I don't think there are "a lot of people" questioning whether the lengthy and rigorous medical training for physicians is necessary. In fact, many people who are involved in medical education (ie. program directors...