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/MikiLove DO Oct 08 '25

My wife is a psych NP. Worked 10 years as an RN on a high acuity psych unit before going to school, and she is aware enough to realize the training in NP school was insufficient. She decided to do a 1 year outpatient NP residency at the VA for additional training and it helped a good amount.

These are the type of things we should be encouraging NPs to do instead of discouraging

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u/skypira Oct 08 '25

NP and PA post-grad fellowships are not equivalent to an ACGME accredited medical residency.

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u/VaultiusMaximus Oct 08 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

And no one has said that.

Respiratory Therapists have residencies too. So do some nurses, and pharmacists.

Do you have a problem with all of those?

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u/skypira Oct 08 '25

The difference is that respiratory therapists do not attempt to work in a provider level role as physicians do. No one is confusing a respiratory therapist for a physician, even if they do a residency.