Is it Time for Physician Assistant (PA)/Nurse Practitioner (NP) Hospital Medicine Residency Training?

Is it time for a 4-year family medicine residency?

Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Malpractice Trends.

Trends in malpractice awards and adverse actions (e.g., revocation of provider license) following an act or omission constituting medical error or negligence were examined. The National Practitioner Data Bank was used to compare rates of malpractice reports and adverse actions for physicians, physician assistants (PAs), and nurse practitioners (NPs). During 2005 through 2014, there ranged from ...

Physician assistant and nurse practitioner utilization in academic medical centers.

The purpose of this study was to collect information on the utilization of physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) in academic health centers. Data were gathered from a national sample of University HealthSystem Consortium member academic medical centers (AMCs). PAs and NPs have been integrated into most services of respondent AMCs, where they are positively rated for the value...

Preparing the personal physician for practice (P(4)): residency training in family medicine for the future.

Background Historical Roots When Family Medicine became a specialty in 1969, residency training was established as being 3 years in duration based largely on 2 significant reports, both commissioned by the American Medical Association Council on Medical Education and published in 1966. The Millis Commission Report focused on the discipline of family practice and made the following observations:

Fixing family medicine residency training.

The number of US medical students entering family medicine continues to decline. Despite the increased presence of family physicians on medical school faculty and increased exposure to family medicine during training, students still cite lack of respect and excessive knowledge base to master as reasons for not choosing our specialty. Specific changes must be made to family medicine residency tr...