"philo" wrote in message news:mhlk1p$j52

I would not want to go to a doctor who only had 2 years of school.

Sadly, that's the direction we're heading. Many doctors with good education
credentials are being replaced by nurse practitioners and physician's
assistants who just don't have the education required to replace doctors.

These NP/PAs are typically "sold" as doing things that it's too expensive
for doctors to do, but in my experience many clinics and doctor's groups use
them as much cheaper direct replacements for licensed MDs. The NP that my
doctors use didn't impress me at all. She told me things about the meds she
was prescribing that were just flat out wrong. Her understanding of my
medical issues was weak, to say the least, and I was about to file a
complaint with the medical board when they switched me back to an actual MD
who had at least 10 years' more experience and education.

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Bobby G.