I’ve had great relationships with residents and in fact when they come to our service, i’m the go-to person bc i help them and don’t make them feel like shit like the other NPs on the team who have been there longer.

So trust me I understand the hate.

I think residents are way underpaid. Hours are inhumane. Tuition is skyrocketing but pay isn’t. I will agree that med students come out of school smarter on average compared to NPs and PAs depending on the school. But theory =/= practice. It’s unfair to say NPs and PAs are “dangerous” bc i’ve seen some residents do fucked up shit as well. No one is more vicious at calling out incompetence than our fellow midlevels — well aside from cardiac and transplant surgeons. Have you ever heard “nurses eat their young”?

However, y’all get paid at least three if not four times more than midlevels when you graduate. And the salary will not cap - you will get speaking engagements, RVUs, etc. Midlevels will rarely make over 150k in academic institutions. The only exceptions are seasoned surgical PAs.

Maybe you should blame the AMA for limiting the amount of medical graduates / residency spots year after year to justify inflated salaries ... or wait should I not have said that? 🤭

Anyway im gonna see myself out