Rebekah Bernard
New book 'IMPOSTER DOCTORS' available now!
When you experience a medical emergency, you expect to be treated by a licensed physician with expertise in your condition. What happens...
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Rebekah Bernard
- May 9, 2022
- 14 min
Women physicians on scope of practice
Sonal Patel MD and Jou Jou Hanna MD discuss the difficult choices that women make to become physicians, and why that training matters....
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Rebekah Bernard
- Apr 26, 2022
- 26 min
No shortcuts in medicine: Women physicians speak out about scope of practice
One topic that gets women physicians fired up like no other is a discussion of gender issues in medicine. While medical school classes...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Apr 6, 2022
- 14 min
Is it time for an NP/PA Flexner Report? Part 1
Many of our podcasts have focused on concerns about the deterioration of nurse practitioner training, with an increase in for-profit...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Feb 18, 2022
- 4 min
'Neurology Live' cites 'Patients at Risk' podcast episode
This week, the journal 'Neurology Live' reported on the publication of A Shortage of Neurologists—We Must Act Now, compiled by Jennifer...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Feb 6, 2022
- 25 min
RN and former NP student exposes deficiencies in nurse practitioner education
There are over 400 nurse practitioner schools in the United States, with nearly HALF of these programs promoting online training—ranging...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Dec 20, 2021
- 15 min
Is PPP a 'fringe' group? Responding to the AANP's accusations in Medical Economics
Watch the video on our YouTube channel Listen to the podcast HERE or wherever you stream podcasts On September 29, 2021, the journal...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Dec 5, 2021
- 16 min
Patients at risk when hospitals replace physicians with NPs: Attorney Travis Dunn Part 2
In part 2 of this discussion with plaintiff's attorney Travis Dunn, we analyze the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, who died because a...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Nov 22, 2021
- 24 min
What happens when hospitals replace physicians with NPs?
In the book Patients at Risk, we discuss the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, a 19-year-old woman who died when a nurse practitioner failed...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Nov 14, 2021
- 18 min
Boards of nursing fail to protect patients from dangerous nurse practitioners
Dr. Amy Townsend discusses the incredible lengths she went through to get the Texas Board of Nursing to act to stop a dangerous nurse...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Nov 9, 2021
- 28 min
What's driving physicians into early retirement?
There are so many challenges in healthcare today, and it’s becoming ever more difficult to practice medicine. In fact, many physicians...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Oct 24, 2021
- 15 min
Nurse practitioner speaks out against independent practice
ICYMI: Drs. Rebekah Bernard and Niran Al-Agba are joined by Shannon Keaney, a nurse with 11 years of intensive care experience who...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Oct 17, 2021
- 24 min
Primary Care: So Easy Anyone Can Do It?
Today, we discuss a topic that is near and dear to my heart as a family physician: the role of primary care. We’re going to focus...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Oct 10, 2021
- 24 min
Midlevel Malpractice with Attorney Robert Painter
In the book Patients at Risk, we outline the tragic case of Alexus Ochoa, a 19-year-old woman who died when a nurse practitioner failed...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Oct 3, 2021
- 20 min
Truth and Transparency: Reviewing New Jersey's Health Care Transparency Act
One of the biggest challenges in healthcare today is a lack of transparency when it comes to the training and licensure of healthcare...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Sep 26, 2021
- 26 min
Board Certification: A Double Standard for Physicians?
There is an increasing double standard in the practice of medicine and the practice of advanced nursing, and one of these is the...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Sep 19, 2021
- 24 min
Betty's Story Part 2: A father's plea for NP accountability after the death of his daughter
Seven-year-old Betty died just 15 hours after she was evaluated by a pediatric nurse practitioner in a pediatric urgent care without any...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Sep 12, 2021
- 20 min
Betty's Story - Part 1: 7-yr old dies just hours after evaluation by pediatric NP
Many of our critics accuse us of exaggerating the risks that patients face when physicians are replaced by lesser trained members of the...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Sep 11, 2021
- 25 min
The impact of NP training on bedside nurses
Listen to the PODCAST here. Watch the YouTube VIDEO here. Follow Natalie Newman, MD at: https://twitter.com/Suburbanbella Get the book...
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Rebekah Bernard
- Aug 29, 2021
- 24 min
Physicians in politics: MD-JD discusses why doctors must get involved
More than ever, healthcare and politics are intertwined. Decisions made by politicians and have a major impact on not only healthcare...
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