FNPinKS

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1. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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   It's not impossible to develop a training program that is specific for primary care that reduces the content for people who have been trained and experienced enough to already be practicing the same thing, and not "water it down". I think making som...

2. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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   That's tough to say, because you could either just force everyone through the same program based on a review of the similarities and differences, or you could have a testing program that evaluates strengths and weaknesses. I really would need a pane...

3. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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   It does deliver an outstanding product. But regardless whether or not a town in rural America doesn't have a physician because they are somewhere else or they don't exist means the same thing to that rural place. What I am proposing will be a progr...

4. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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   I realize this will require a lot of change. Just because I'm not willing to go to traditional medical school doesn't mean I'm not willing to do the work. I guarantee I can get through a medical class in one location just as I can at another. We'r...

5. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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   I sure do. The federal funding is exactly what I am aiming for in the long run; and I think it is readily available for this kind of program. There are about 250,000 NPs/PAs, and the predicted primary care MD/DOs in 2020 is 40,000. I think we coul...

6. New idea for NP/PA to MD

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   I have recently been presented with a series of events that got me thinking about an evolutionary educational process that I believe will help this country tremendously. I have emailed the Dean of the University of Kansas School of Medicine; a plac...