09/30/2024
Next time you go to your P*P you want to know this from JAMA article:
The training difference between nurse practitioners and physicians are stark:
Some nurse practitioners can get their degree in as few as 18 months after becoming a registered nurse and they can do it through an online-only program. MDs and DOs, meanwhile, complete four years of medical school after earning their bachelor’s degree and there are no online medical schools.
Nurse practitioners do not face a residency training requirement, while physicians must complete a three-to-seven-year residency depending on their specialty.
Nurse practitioners experience just 500–720 patient-care hours in training. Physicians accrue around 20 times that, undergoing 12,000 to 16,000 hours of patient-care experience.