PAs and NPs for Primary Care

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@Alqbamine32

For me, having a provider who actually listens and takes me seriously is the most important criteria. I have had way too many negative experiences with doctors who are condescending or “don’t suffer fools lightly.” I think highly of my current PCP, and the various specialists whom I see, but more than once over the years, I had difficulty finding a doctor with whom I’m comfortable and trust and was taking new patients. Perhaps I am not as confident or pushy as I should be, and I could probably be a better self-advocate, but I’ve sometimes wondered why some of them want to be health care providers when they seem to dislike interacting with patients.

This x 1000. I prefer providers who are willing to listen to my questions or concerns. Providers who don’t blow me off.

One MD I saw for several years had a philosophy of “You spend far more time with yourself than I do. So if you come to me and tell me that you’re concerned about something, I’m going to take it seriously and I’ll figure out what’s going on.” He’s now retired. He was a phenomenal doctor.

Friend of mine endured a rude butthead of a family practice doctor for ~ 2 yr. Friend also sees an endocrinologist regularly for something. Dr. Butthead got offended that Friend was actually seeing an endocrinologist for her condition, told her it wasn’t necessary to see a specialist, and also told her that she didn’t “really” have that condition. Meanwhile, the endocrinologist she saw literally wrote a book on the condition she has. Friend took her PCP business elsewhere. Dr Butthead actually said OUT LOUD in an appointment that he prefers elderly patients “because they do whatever I say and they don’t talk back.”