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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Check out the latest blog from @elayned_ : "When Less Access Means Improved Healthcare: The Availability of Cigarettes and Vape Products":
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@PresdentLaFleur Because they are graduates. And generate more income for the people they work with. You guys are full of resentment. You should lose it and learn to work with others. It’s a big sandbox. If you have a problem don’t blame other team members: blame the cause. It’s not PAs for sure
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Medcomic: Types of Jaundice from our friends @medcomic
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Here's our latest Medcomic on Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus posted with permission from @medcomic
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From @medcomic Types of Jaundice
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@Dallas_Holladay So sorry. Let’s just say no one can get treated anymore without getting vaccinated. It’s unfair to tou!!
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Today on C1, we stay in the holiday spirit with a @medcomic about Holiday Heart Syndrome. It's a great way to learn about this condition.
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Chickenpox vs. Shingles courtesy of @medcomic
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Today on C1, we have a new Medcomic about Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm courtesy of @medcomic It's a great way to lean about a topic.
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@DrNeenaJha PAs study medicine. You are just afraid others can do it hat you do. Calm down and give them a chance. Or don’t and let evidenced based science take over.
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@HalstedMD And let's take everything patients say and understand and swear on the Bible it's true. Have the surgeon ask the PA if they said this. No PA I know, and I know many would say this. STOP INCITING.
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@AmerMedicalAssn The worst state for healthcare in the nation. The 49th to pass PA legislation: Did you consult hospitals in NY or CT? Do studies at Montefiore on their 50 year old PA surgical residency? Doubt it all. You are grasping at only the info you want to hear.
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@HalstedMD They are going to be here. Why not press for better training for them? This will get you nowhere. I can point to physicians who have done the same.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Happy NP Week to all the nurse practitioners out there! Thank you for all you do for your patients. #NPweek
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@RhutaBhayga2 @SenRickScott And even banning The Diary of Anne Frank.
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@marionleary Please use the word physician. 12 healthcare professions have doctorates. Thanks.
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Happy #PAweek to all the PAs out there!
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@DrAlrahmani So no one but a physician can learn to do anything complex and medical? Funny. About your shookness, see a psych professional.
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Could nurse practitioners help resolve the shortage of doctors treating veterans? via @slate
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@patriciafahey109 . Thank you @PatriciaFahy109  for championing increased access to care for patients! Please support measures to remove administrative barriers to PA practice as part of the final state budget!  #PAsofNY #PAsGoBeyond @NYSSPA
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@DrPeckPNP @LeeMossNP @TNPAustin @AANP_NEWS Texas NPs should down and have dinner with the PAs. Something might just come of it? We can work together on this. Lee: Nice flag!!
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Thanks to everyone who joined us today at #AANP2018 !
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@peacockTV I’d like to know why Kimberly Morgan was portrayed as a physician assistant (associate) in the #DoctorDeath series when in real life she was not and never was a PA. She is another professional. Who made this choice to misrepresent, & why? As a PA, this is a lie. Why
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Today on C1, we're featuring this one from @medcomic . These are a great way to learn about #healthcare topics!
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Testicular Torsion http://t.co/38px7S3AgL
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Amazing. College students will pay money to kill Jews but need “safe zones”.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Introducing the Clinician1 Podcast! Ep 1 features Jordan Roberts & Dave Mittman on non-clinical roles in healthcare.
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More physician assistants are ready to help with COVID-19 — now governors must empower them
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A 55-year-old male presents as an urgent referral for a concerning cervical spine MRI. Can you solve our latest quiz? @JRobertsMedEd
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Large Study Shows PAs, NPs and MDs Order L/S MRIs With The Same Appropriateness When Compared To Guidelines
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
2 years
@AmerMedicalAssn 6 PAs in the study. Hardly scientific. And who knows if they even wanted to participate. Go to Northwell and do the same. Or a mayo or Hopkins with a few hundred and let’s see…
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@BMA_James_Steen I'm sorry but this is fear-mongering. In the States PAs do many things physicians do, so well that physicians who HIRE us keep hiring us. And our outcomes are excellent. I would ask you to look at the evidence, but not sure it would matter.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Thirty years after we drop the 's, the President still says physician's assistant. Time to find a title that fits our great profession!!
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@MidlevelWTF @DrQuinn15 Low level I don’t mean the alleged PA. Was it someone made up? Or do we now do chart violations. I truly know PA medical training and this is not that.
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"Why I Decided To Go With "PA"" by @Clinician1 on @LinkedIn
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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In 2017, Florida will consider a proposal that would allow NPs to serve as medical directors. #NPsLead @AANP_NEWS
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@DrBritWilliams I am a PA. NPs and PAs both women dominated professions have laws saying if you have a doctorate, you can’t say you have one in front of a patient. PTs, OTs, pharmacists, chiropractors and other health care professions can. MACROaggression?
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@HalstedMD Let them take the tests. Some med schools are 3 years with same? hours. Look it up.
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Physician Assistant Pens Simple Guidebook for Managing Type 2 Diabetes via @CClinicJournal
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@CDeZureMD @HalstedMD @pppforpatients @AmerMedicalAssn PAs of which I am one, and NPs treat millions of people daily.Hundreds of thousands of physicians choose us to work with and see their patients in their private offices. This is much more about power and money than anything else. It IS hurting the team you say you lead. Sad,
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I’m supporting Beth for President. Are you?
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@RonFilipkowski @MeidasTouch Should not be saluting unless he is a veteran.
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Ron DeSantis: Support removing PA practice restrictions to fight COVID-19 crisis! - Sign the Petition! via @Change
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
8 years
Today on C1, we have an article from our friends at @ClinicianToday about barriers to a PA-owned practice.
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@VirtueOfNothing If it works so well in the States(although least one out of 3 physicians works closely with a PA) and there are 180,000 PAs-why would the same education and clinical skills not work in the UK.
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@Peter_Grinspoon No. Elderly?
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Nurse practitioners play critical role in health care
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Clinician1 Editor-in-Chief, Dave Mittman, PA, DFAAPA, shares his thoughts on the Affordable Care Act.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
7 years
Happy National #LocumTenensWeek ! Not sure what locum tenens is? Check out our primer.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@MrsPA_C Every Nacvy Seal team’s Command Surgeon (medical officer in charge of everything medical) is a PA. All former Navy Seals.
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@PresidentAANP Congratulations Stephen!
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Thanks to @ClinicianToday for featuring our article about talking to patients about the dangers of too much sitting:
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Looking for a great read? Clincian1 member Marcos Vargas shares his thoughts on the ongoing opioid crisis:
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
4 years
@DrBral It's all residents. PAs have residencies and they are helping also. And how about the people who mop up, clean the COVID-19 rooms and security. They never graduate and make more money. Many heros these days.
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@HalstedMD And who wrote this? PAs can sign prescriptions in all 50 states. So can NPs. More BS. If true, it's the fault of the physician in TX, not the PA or NP who is usually underpaid and overworked.
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PAs and NPs More Likely To Staff Rural Critical Access Hospitals
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5 Ways Nursing Graduate School Can Pay Off | Top Nursing Schools | US News
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AT&T funded the Texas abortion ban. It is time AT&T stop funding anti-woman extremists
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
7 years
Get your new year started out right by correctly solving this week's neuro quiz on a head lump.
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@StephenNP Thanks for the inclusion. We are Physician Associates now. Assistant was the title the AMA gave us. Time we all realized the “shortage” is tied more to economics and politics and less to abilities.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Alzheimer's Guidelines for Primary Care Announced:
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Are you familiar with Mishel's Uncertainty in Illness Theory? If you're not, now's a great time to download Ep. 2 of the Clinician1 podcast and find out what it means and how it relates to Baby Boomers and Hep C.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Great story about a mission trip to the Dominican Republic by some PA students from the @lynchburg PA program.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@DrJRubenstein It’s not active listening, it’s active caring about others. Few do.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@doctorgretchen Sorry. You are wrong. What state do you practice in? pAs have Chaored the medical board in a number of states and certainly do not practice nursing. I guess we are invisible to you? I don’t believe you have ever practiced close to one who is experienced.
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Practice Guidelines: Hand Infection
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7 years
This C1 article is one you might want to share with your non-PA and NP colleagues: 5 Things People Shouldn’t Call NPs and PAs.
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Antibiotic Course of 6 Days or Less Proves Effective Against Pneumonia:
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@NPCouncilMiami I have been providing care for 48 years. You are trying to frighten them, just like you did with DOs years ago. It’s all about power and money, not care. What I do I do very well. What I don’t I refer. I guess that’s dangerous?
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Heading to #AANP17 next week? Come visit us in booth #545 !
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@Suburbanbella Why didn’t the people who hired her-was it a physician?- insure she knew what she needed to know? She was thrown in over her head and does not want to lose the job. She needs to tell them. Unfair to all.
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A 66-year-old male presents with two days of constant moderate-to-severe low back pain that started suddenly while working at his desk. Can you solve our latest quiz?
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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Thanks to all for the beautiful birthday wishes. Blessed.
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From @AAPAorg Mittman Enhances PA Profession Through Leadership and Advocacy
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Med Students from Community Colleges More Likely to Become PCPs:
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NP recertification stressing you out? We have a guide that outlines the requirements for each certifying board.
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@kriebel_ann And PAs also! Agree!
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@TNPAustin @CarrieIsaac Don’t forget physician associates. We also lead.
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@doctorgretchen Where are you located? PAs do not precept NPs in training, not allowed by NPs. Physicians and NPs do.. PAs do residents possibly. Ask the chiefs in most institutions. Mayo, Yale, they will tell you. And don't use midlevel. As a favor spell out the clinician-much more accurate.
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Two Prostate Cancer Drugs Delay Spread of the Disease by Two Years
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Just a reminder that C1 features a full list of CME opportunities for NPs and PAs, many of which are free.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@jaynstein Don't cry. Do your job, support your profession and realize that America has always had people who thought just because they felt superior to others, they had a right to treat them as though they were invisible.They don't. We are not. Will will not be.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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In this article, we’ll discuss common healthcare injuries. Medical professionals owe it to themselves to take every possible precaution to prevent them. Nobody deserves to hurt in the name of making others feel better! @wadefreelance
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@ARNPjoey @VICENews @MyNews13 @SpektrumCares @CNN @AANP_NEWS @FLANPORG Funny, medical society says that NPs/PAs are dangerous but the language and legislation coming out of Florida, I have heard nothing. C'Mon FMA, show us how to lead in real evidenced based medicine. And the Surgeon General does not fully believe in vaccines. Gotta love the state.
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@pa_hx Jimmy Keller
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@pppforpatients You guys are really off course here. I don’t know what you are reading but as someone who cares about our medical care system, if these things are going on-report them. I see things going on every day that are questionable amongst partnerships, venture capital companies, etc. wow
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@DrBiden Agree. Men also. Many are by law, forbidden to tell the people they work with and for that they have a doctorate! Sad and nonsensical
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@PAJobSite @USACSolutions We are now called Physician Associate. Assistant is pretty much not used except legally.
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New York accuses Insys of deceptively marketing opioid
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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What is the best way to support breast cancer awareness? See what author @JRobertsMedEd suggests on C1.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@kriebel_ann You forgot to say that these frequently are poorly researched memes that some would say speak negatively about NPs and PAs. Sad that we do not all learn about each other in school.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@InvCoriolis The studies and EVIDENCED BASED MEDICINE PROVE, yes, prove you mistaken. But keep living the dream.
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
10 years
Happy NP Week to all our NP colleagues who really make a difference In the lives of the millions of patients they see each day. Thanks!
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Dave Mittman, DMSc(hd), PA, DFAAPA
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@Peter_Grinspoon @AmericanMedAssn Too busy attacking PAs and NPs and making a strategic mistake that will cost them for decades.
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iMedicalApps: Essential New Medical Apps
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In his latest video blog, Clinician1 Editor-in-Chief, Dave Mittman, shares his thoughts about the importance and value of joining professional associations.
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@RIDICULO_pathy I’m not doing it. Soon they are going to insist it goes on all charts!
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