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Journey to DMS | Chapter 10
It’s been a year since I started the Doctor of Medical Science program at Lincoln Memorial University. The 3rd semester ends tomorrow with one more to go. This also marks the end of the “modules” and the beginning of our cognate or specialty-specific training. We had a few new students …
Journey to DMS | Chapter 5
One week left of our 5-week module in nephrology! This module has been difficult for many of us. First of all, the cases are much more challenging. In the cardiology module, the cases were structured more like multiple choice questions, and although the cases had more than one part, it …
Journey to DMS | Chapter 4
I just posted my last weekly reflection for the cardiology module–that’s one module down and eight more to go in LMU’s Doctor of Medical Science program for PAs. For the next five weeks, we’ll be studying nephrology, with a retired nephrologist as our instructor.
Journey to DMS | Chapter 3
We are now 2 weeks into our cardiology module and the LMU DMS program as a whole. While I feel like I’m starting to get a hang my new schedule–this was a tougher a week. The assigned reading was 15 pages covering heart failure and myocardial diseases. There was only …
Journey to DMS | Chapter 2
We are halfway into our first week as Doctor of Medical Science students at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU)! Admittedly, I am still feeling a bit intimidated as it’s been almost 10 years since I graduated from PA School. I thought I was ready to jump back into nightly homework but …
Doctor of Medical Science Legislation “Not Palatable” to Physicians
The first Doctor of Medical Science program for PAs was created at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in Harrogate, Tennesee. It was developed in conjunction with LMU’s DeBusk School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2016 to give PAs additional didactic and practical training to better care for the underserved. In 2017, Doctor of …
My Doctorate Can Beat Up Your Doctorate: How Physician Assistant Doctorate Degree Programs Compare
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 …
Apples to Apples: Comparing Doctor of Medical Science Degrees
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.
What’s in a Name?
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 …