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It's not just doubling the medical licenses and slots in the system, it's about breaking the grip of "Doctor required to be present" behavior. Meaning more work
by pauldenton 3y ago
It's not just doubling the medical licenses and slots in the system, it's about breaking the grip of "Doctor required to be present" behavior. Meaning more work in the hands of nurses, ultrasound technicians and other medical staff that aren't doctors but are working in the hospital.
- colonelpopcorn 3y agoThat would require the dismantling or restructuring of malpractice law and litigation. The reason a doctor is required to be present is so that an individual can be held responsible to their Hippocratic oath when patients get litigious. Non-board certified staff, AFAIK, don't need to take a Hippocratic oath nor do they need to carry the burden of insurance the same way a doctor or nurse practitioner does.
- ImPostingOnHN 3y agoMany doctors don't actually take the hippocratic oath (some make up their own, like wedding vows) and it wouldn't carry any actual legal force, either. It's like the american pledge of allegiance.
- ProllyInfamous 3y agoI think this is the partial reason, over the past decade, many programs have changes from "Masters"-level to "Doctorate"-level (e.g. NP, PT).