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 aneurysm_42 at yahoo.com wrote:  
>There ARE entry requirements for ALL PA programs, and
>ALL of them include some degree of medical experience;
>otherwise they CANNOT be accredited.  I refer you to
>my previous posts which reference that (specifically
>section A5.17).  If they don't, then they are in
>violation.  
 
Not true, our local PA school is accredited and does not require any
medical experience.  
 

>Running on a rig as a paramedic or performing critical
>care nursing duties does not adequately prepare ANYONE
>to make an ACCURATE medical diagnosis, carry out an
>ACCURATE plan of treatment then anticipate, recognize,
>and handle the inevitible complications and
>consequences that plan or condition may create; all
>the while achieving the STANDARD of care for the
>condition.  
 
Again, I respectfully disagree.  While not all paramedics or nurses are
able to use critical thinking skills, I think the majority of them are
able to recognize conditions and carry out treatments.  Granted, the
scope of practice and responsibilities are different but they must be
prepared to handle many of the issues you stated above. 
 
I do think that a medical background is a major asset for PA students. 
My friend who has been a respiratory therapist for nearly 20 years that
is getting ready to graduate from PA school is noticing that her
clinical experiences and even a fair bit of the didactic learning were
easier (and I hesitate to use that word, because it was not easy at
all!) to pick up and retain because she remembers patients with those
ailments.  And any benefit that may exist after graduation for NP's and
PA's is gone within a few months.  
 
 
 
Karen Small, RN, BSN
Trauma Nurse Clinician
Greenville, NC
 
 


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