I love practicing medicine. I can’t imagine spending time and money getting another advanced degree to move into… *gasp*… administration! Yet that’s what so many physician assistant doctorate degree programs are supposedly designed to do. Non-clinical Doctorate Degree Programs Take, for example, an online DNP at a private university that …
The DMS/DMSc is the newest doctoral degree for PAs with varying degrees of clinical relevance. It also represents a move toward a new identity as a doctoral-level practitioner.
When I first heard of advanced practice clinicians earning doctorates, I was opposed to them using the term “doctor” in a clinical setting. When most people think of a “doctor”, they think of a medical doctor, an MD. Over the last 100 years or so this has grown to include …
So I had a cool experience the other day… I was talking with a patient and her spouse about some of their concerns which included chronic back pain and spinal stenosis as well as anxiety and depression.
