[MauroIksem]

PA's no longer require a supervising physician. Also why do people seem to think PAs and NPs are equivalent? PA's have 4x the clinical experience/ training that NPs have. 2000 hours vs 500 and MDs at 4000.

[poirot2]

This implies PAs are at half the level of an MD but the difference is astronomical. Those 4000 MD hours are training to be a physician, the 2000 are training to be a PA which is a much simpler role. If PA school went to 8000h doing what they do currently to train wouldn’t get you near an MD (not to mention the talent of the intake, rigour of exams and depth/ breadth of knowledge required).

[sarchertech]

Depending on the specialty, 4000 hours is off by many multiples. And that’s on top of 2 extra years of classroom training.