Becker's Healthcare March 1, 2024
No one owns the title “doctor,” according to Shakeel Ahmed, MD, CEO of St. Louis-based ASC group Atlas Surgical Group.
In a March 1 Forbes article, Dr. Ahmed said the crux of the debate of nurse practitioners using the title “doctor” lies within some NPs earning DNP degrees while physicians train, on average, for years more than NPs.
At a minimum, physicians undergo 11 years of post-secondary education and training. After earning a Bachelor of Science in nursing, NPs train between 18 months and three years for a master’s, or up to four years for a doctorate.
The American Medical Association and California Medical Association assert that nurse practitioners could confuse patients regarding their healthcare providers’ education...
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