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HerpToxic t1_iurv4f0 wrote

Its not that they lost jobs, its that nobody is hiring new anesthesiologists because they are hiring CNRAs instead at a lower salary.

Imagine instead of 1 anesthesiologist supervising 4 CRNAs, the hospital had 5 anesthesiologists, one for each of the 4 patients, plus a supervising anesthesiologist that oversees the 4 others.

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PlasticPaulBunyan t1_iuvzj5t wrote

This is just the way American medicine is going though. My dad is an emergency MD and "retired" to work at an urgent care. He was the only MD on site, overseeing 2-3 PAs. At the hospital I work at, radiology PA's do the majority of procedures while the Rads read the exams and pop in for more difficult cases (this does not apply to pediatric radiologists just FYI).

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chiefkief6969 t1_iutn7me wrote

You do not know what you’re talking about. New anesthesiologists are not having trouble finding jobs

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