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The AMA has actually been asking to increase the number of residency slots: https://www.ama-assn.org/education/gme-funding/ama-seeks-more-gme-slots-match-futur

• take_a_breath 7y ago
  While simultaneously lobbying against nurse practitioners practicing without physician oversight. ==The American Medical Association (AMA) is disappointed by the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) unprecedented proposal to allow advanced practice nurses (APRN) within the VA to practice independently of a physician's clinical oversight, regardless of individual state law.== https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-statements/ama-statement-va-proposed-rule-advanced-practice-nurses https://www.ama-assn.org/press-center/ama-statements/ama-sta...
  • ilikehurdles 7y ago
    As they should. Nurse practitioners should not be let anywhere without supervision from a real doctor.
    • take_a_breath 7y ago
      More than 20 states already allow this [1]. In fact, the "Full Practice" model is recommended by the National Academy of Medicine. [1] https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice-environment https://www.aanp.org/advocacy/state/state-practice-environme...
  • tryptophan 7y ago
    Probably because NPs aren't qualified to practice independently. To become an NP you can take 2 years of online classes after nursing school, all with 0 real world experience. Hospital systems love them because they can be paid less and they order tons of unnecessary te$t$ing and do lots of con$sult$.