So as to avoid the cliche'd "don't feed the troll" response, I'll try to be as open as possible. I'm starting med school in the fall and have (had?) considered MDA as a possible choice. But not a day goes by on the med forums where one does not see threads regarding the dwindling prospects of MDA's due to an increasing scope of practice for CRNA's.
Assuming the CRNA M&M rates are about the same as those for MDA's, in your view (or that of the AANA) is there ANY place at all for MDA's in the future of medical care? That is, is the ultimate goal (er, the ultimate position) of the AANA to expand the scope of practice of CRNA's to subsume the WHOLE of the scope of practice of MDA's - OR, does the AANA still see a role for MDA's, and therefor recognizes an upper limit to the scope of CRNA practice?
