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PE for PAs: Is it time?

May 4, 2022May 7, 2022 Jonathan Baird, DMSc, PA-C, ATC 1 Comment clinical medicine, doctor of medical science, PA Doctorate, physician assistant doctorate

Physical activity is often recommended to improve physical, mental, and emotional health. These benefits are needed by all age groups

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What is a pharmacy benefit manager (PBM)? The Truth About America’s Evil Empire

February 26, 2022February 27, 2022 The PA Doctor 1 Comment healthcare policy, healthcare reform, pbm, pharmacy benefit manager

Practicing medicine is hard. We don’t completely understand the human body. Patients and providers don’t always see eye to eye. Much of medicine in America is corporatized and controlled by third parties. None of them are quite as loathsome as the PBM or pharmacy benefit manager.

Marcos A. Vargas, MSHA, PA-C on PE for PAs: Is it time?May 4, 2022
PA Education Nowadays there are well over 256 if not close to 280 PA education programs in the United States…
JB on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022
Your infographic should have led with a mention of using Duke as a reference versus hiding the finer details in…
The PA Doctor on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022
Great question. We're not at all claiming that DMS PAs are equivalent to MDs. There is certainly a gap between…
Sabbi Potifone on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022
Why even go to medical school and become an MD/DO if becoming if you are arguing a DMSc that they…
The PA Doctor on Doctor of Medical Science vs MD: What You Won’t Learn on RedditMay 4, 2022
Thank you for commenting, Dr. Copeland. We pulled our data from the same webpage. "While the courses below are not…