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You're being disingenuous. PAs are required to have 2000 hours of clinical experience before they can sit for their licensing exam. NPs however only require 500
by MauroIksem 3y ago
You're being disingenuous. PAs are required to have 2000 hours of clinical experience before they can sit for their licensing exam. NPs however only require 500 hours. MDs require 4000 hours.
- mv 3y agoWhere are you getting this 4000 hrs number from? I’m a MD and this isn’t even remotely correct and the number seems to be pulled out of thin air. Comparing a 2 year PA program with a 4 year MD program plus mandatory 2-7 year additional training is extremely disingenuous.
- sarchertech 3y agoWhere are you getting these numbers? 4000 hours for what specialty? Let’s take Pediatric Emergency Medicine as an example. 4 years of med school, 3 years of residency, then 3 years of fellowship. That’s many times 4k hours. The difference in training time between a newly minted PA and MD working in a children’s ER is not 2x, it’s many times that.
- cfu28 3y agoYour numbers are way off, but even assuming they weren't, 1 hour of PA training is not the same as 1 hour of MD/DO training.