Article of Interest - Foreign Trained Physicians and Their Comments Re: NPs
Posted about 1 month ago by Teresa Stanfill
Posting on behalf of Melody Weaver - Region 5 Representative:
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This piece about foreign trained physicians has the physician chosen to be highlighted making a negative comment about NPs.
Idaho is one of the states that has eased requirements for foreign-trained physicians in an effort to fill the gap of primary care providers.
I, personally, find this a bit threatening, especially the risk of having these physicians "bad mouthing" NPs.
May need to be brought up in terms of the legislature, however I do understand these are trying times. I have spoken with Alan Morgan, CEO NRHA about the focus of NRHA & hence state RHAs on solving the shortage with physicians w/o consideration of NPs and/or PAs.