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I was not sure if there is a PA forum or not, you can move it wherever its appropriate thanks

I have a friend who has a background in healthcare management and an MBA, she has been in healthcare for 10yrs.Now she wants to be a PA , and was asking if she would need to do her prerequisites in biology etc again Her bacholers and masters are like 8 -10 yrs back Thank you

great point but this takes time and effort and yield is not that great I've done it many a times but its a judgement call

oh yes dealt with a LOT of that 3 options 1-steer the course if no harm is done or expected [rarely] 2 -be a total a$$ and tell them how it is [10%] 3- show little interest in following previous doc recs and I can only do so much as thats how I'm trained.You are welcome to a 2nd opinion [90%]

also lower expectations I cannot stress that enough I have seen over the yrs lots of young docs esp FP/IM start off thinking they are hot $hit and then when they can't satisfy patients demands get frustrated

HUGE red flag I would not prescribe it , its a band aid approach to weight loss I tell most of my patients , weight loss involves lot of discipline , doing things you don't enjoy and eating food that don't particularly taste that great If they come for me for stimulants I almost ALWAYS refuse

Good morning How is Kaiser esp in california as a employer for PCP FM docs what are the pros and cons of working for them ? Thanks

why don't FM docs who want to work ER partner with ER physicians 85% of the cases in most ER can be handled by FM doc and the ER doc can handle the other 15% its a win win for everyone

Are there any conferences /meetings for primary care physicians only [ not midlevels ] ? Not talking about CME s necessarily but meet ups where physicians can meet /discuss their practices /bounce off ideas/network etc Thanks

@cabinbuilder would you be willing to share that advice as well ? since many of us may also find us in that situation in the coming months Thanks

I was wondering if anyone here is still doing telemed ? and if so have you adjusted your malpractice insurance to cover telemed visits ? I think in primary care it is esp problematic as its easy to miss initial diagnosis w/o exam Any recs on which telemed employer ? Thanks

Hi Got an offer to work for an occupational medicine position Does anybody hear any experience in this field or opinion on how such a switch would go ? Thanks

Hopefully these are 100% final and no surprises later

If you go to previous exam results does it say anything?

Do people really buy these overpriced placebos? I mean it’s one thing if it’s at the dollar tree but these are Cadillac versions