[russdill]

I argued with a PA because they were convinced that the most likely reason for a high white blood cell count in my sample was that it was contaminated post collection. It was a very frustrating discussion that seemed to have gone around in circles many times. I eventually just had to agree to retest. I feel like this would not be an issue talking to an MD.

[imagainstit]

I have experienced the flip of this: a less experienced MD specialist not recognizing a lab error, and wanting to act on it, which was recognized (correctly) as an error by PA primary care and confirmed in retesting. In this case the MD was significantly younger/less total years of experience and maybe that had to do with it?

PA experience isn't the equivalent of training as a resident (and I think we should be training more MDs) but the MD isn't always right either.