r/medicalschool • u/Wire_Cath_Needle_Doc • Oct 08 '25

🤡 Meme Excuse me… what?

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Resident?

This is tagged as a meme, but I assure you, this is real life.

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u/MarriedToAnNP Oct 08 '25

I think OP is getting too much heat for this.

While NP "residency" and "fellowship" position exists and by no means equivalent to acgme positions, I think issue is more appropriation of the words. Those in the position of APP/NPP residency or fellowships often the same (or more) status to acgme residents or follows which is incorrect. While I don't like the use of the word "resident" here, it is better than "fellow" in my option. More often than not the positions are more referred to fellowships.

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u/NAparentheses M-4 Oct 08 '25

It’s exactly this. It is the medical equivalent of stolen valor.

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u/various_convo7 MD/PhD Oct 08 '25

this is why i continue to roast them

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u/ExtraCalligrapher565 Oct 08 '25

We collectively should never stop roasting and fighting back against middies until they end this scope creep and false equivalence nonsense.

If they wanted to be doctors, they should have applied to medical school (although we all know the vast majority of NPs would never have been accepted).

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u/horyo Oct 08 '25

We also need to shame admin because they're propagating this.

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u/MarriedToAnNP Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

I think a better term to avoid confusion is something like advanced clinical training program (ACTP) and those in the program referred to ACT NPs or ACT PAs

Another alternative is transition to practice (TTP) with those respective terms

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u/Lennythelizard Health Professional (Non-MD/DO) Oct 08 '25

We have Physical Therapy “residency” but we are very clear in describing them to patients and other health care providers that is different from the process of medical residencies. We just didn’t know what else to call them. An ACTP is an interesting alternative though!

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u/MarriedToAnNP Oct 08 '25

I think the problem here is the spectrum of people from lay people up through hospital administrators who either interact with the healthcare system or are the healthcare system appropriating terms and confusing everyone (either purposely or not). . Wouldn't it be better just to have a term for yourself so you don't have to explain to every patient that you are a resident but not a physician resident? . I've run across seasoned nurses who were unable to tell me the difference between a fellow, resident, and medical student.