Get into the habit of asking about your "doctor's" credentials. A Physician Assistant (or nowadays Associate, for PC reasons) or an APRN are NOT physicians. Don't expect them to be good at diagnosis, or treatment, or generally anything beyond their basic daily work. Their training and knowledge base are much inferior to physicians', regardless of what they say. You want credentials like MD, DO, MBBS. That's a real doctor, not a "provider" playing doctor.
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Get into the habit of asking about your "doctor's" credentials. A Physician Assistant (or nowadays Associate, for PC reasons) or an APRN are NOT physicians. Don't expect them to be good at diagnosis, or treatment, or generally anything beyond their basic daily work. Their training and knowledge base are much inferior to physicians', regardless of what they say. You want credentials like MD, DO, MBBS. That's a real doctor, not a "provider" playing doctor.
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