Donya Mighty
@itsdoctormighty
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FY1 Doctor & previously a Physician Associate
England, United Kingdom
Joined February 2017
Pls RT: If you are a PA or PA student wanting to apply to medicine, feel free to leave your details here to be added to an online mentorship group ran by myself and other PAs who have gone on to study medicine: pls share among networks
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Exactly this.
@itsdoctormighty I think there’s a genuine argument that medical school is hard to get into as we fail to address disparities in entering it. And the unis that create these disparities also produce PA courses that just widen disparities rather than addressing it.
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Today I had a conversation with a PA who would love to be able to study medicine. But they are single parent and have a mortgage. Current funding arrangements make it *impossible* for someone in this situation to retrain and become a doctor. This is not ok.
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Looking for someone who has studied / is studying graduate entry dentistry BDS (preferably at UCLan) and would be willing to speak to a PA about the course and application process. Please share among networks to see if we can help a PA colleague hoping to change careers.
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9) I believe we should consider how we can all help our PA colleagues who were essentially missold a career with many having mortgages / children to consider and facing unemployment now or in the near future.
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7) Any PA who wishes to pursue UG med/GEM has our full support and we will help you as we want our former colleagues to succeed. 8) I think we were all sold a dream, universities should cease further PA student recruitment until the future for PAs is more secure.
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6) PAs turned Drs could help advise/inform some of these discussions (at present we have not been involved) and that may actually help secure the PA role in 2° care and ensure the same mess which has occurred in 1° care doesn’t repeat itself.
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5) Sensible discussions around scope will ultimately lead to restrictions for PAs as unrestricted scope is not safe, there is a very good reason Drs have to undergo rigorous undergraduate and postgraduate training.
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3) Personally, I also have no time for protectionist agendas coming from Drs or the self-serving career interests of PAs. 4) As mentioned earlier, our group does have a unique insight to offer because of undergoing training as a PA and Dr.
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A few additional points to add: .1) PAs turned Drs are not the enemy of PAs, we don’t want to see our former colleagues in hostile work environments or out of work.2) Our collective interest is patient safety. We should all be thinking in these terms.
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I agree. Our views will be different. But PAs turned doctors have better insight into the training differences between PAs and doctors and therefore greater insight into what could be considered safe scope for PAs. The common interest should be safe clinical practice.
@Molly2323232323 @parthaskar @RCPhysicians Cause ex PAs turned doctors are unlikely to actually represent PAs and our views and interests.
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RT @bmj_latest: "I really do see it from both sides—there are no winners out of this.". Former physician associates who have made the move….
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Former physician associates who have made the move to medicine speak to Erin Dean about the realities of the PA role After completing her physician associate (PA) course, Caitlin Callan secured a job...
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RT @pash22: Former @NHSEngland physician associates @CaitlinCallan2 & @doctor_dru_ & @itsdoctormighty who have made the move to medicine sp….
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Former physician associates who have made the move to medicine speak to Erin Dean about the realities of the PA role After completing her physician associate (PA) course, Caitlin Callan secured a job...
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If you are a PA or PA student wanting to apply to medicine, I will be hosting a Q&A session alongside other PAs that have gone to medical school. It will be on Monday 19th August at 8pm. To sign up, drop me a DM. #physicianassociate.
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MedTwitter pls RT: Any qualified PAs (or PA-S2) applying to medicine this year, drop me a DM if you’d like to be added to a closed group with other PAs also applying to medicine, for peer support and encouragement through the application process ✨.
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RT @thatsnotmine125: A simple post thanking a colleague. But the same old accounts just can’t help themselves, with the same few comments t….
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RT @mouseter_chef: @itsdoctormighty posted about being helped to do some bloods by a PA. Objections though I may have to the current situat….
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You make a valid point. Any qualified PAs applying to medicine this year, drop me a DM if you’d like to be added to a closed group with other PAs also applying to medicine, for peer support and encouragement through the application process.
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* Turning off comments now as MedTwitter has proved yet again we can’t make any positive comments about contribution of PAs and even when PAs are doing what the job was designed for (assisting doctors) there are still issues…*.
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RT @probesandjelly: @itsdoctormighty I’m just a bystander in this ‘battle’. But wanted to say how lovely it was of you to acknowledge someo….
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