Jochi1543 Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 http://gawker.com/5837150/teenager-performed-examinations-while-posing-as-physicians-assistant Top Stories hoaxes By Max Read Sep 3, 2011 1:11 PM 11,456 57 Teenager ‘Performed Examinations’ While Posing as Physician’s Assistant Being a physician's assistant seems like a great job, doesn't it? Except for all that pesky "learning" and "certification" you have to go through. Bo-ring! Seventeen-year-old Matthew Scheidt figured out a better system: Just pretend to be a P.A. and people will believe you! Scheidt, who'd worked at Osceola Regional Medical Center as a part-time billing clerk, obtained an ID by telling hospital workers he was "a physician's assistant in a program at Nova Southeastern University," and that the surgical group he was working for had changed its name. Seems like he had a grand old time! While working in the busy emergency room, Scheidt performed CPR on a patient in cardiac arrest, performed physical examinations and other forms of care to an undisclosed number of unsuspecting patients, an arrest report said. [...] Scheidt returned at least twice to request a full-access badge that would let him use the doctors' lounge as well as restricted areas of the hospital, according to the report. At various times, the teenager bragged that his mother was an executive with the HCA Healthcare System, which owns the hospital, and that he worked in the operating room as an assistant to Dr. Ramirez of Osceola Surgical Associates, the report said. The hospital eventually got wise, and when confronted, Scheidt claimed that he was a cop working on a "top secret" undercover investigation in the emergency room. The cops did not so much agree, and arrested him on Friday. He was probably familiar to them: Scheidt was apparently "bounced" from the county sheriff's Explorer program for "repeatedly wearing equipment that might mislead the public into believing he was a deputy." Link to original news story in the Gawker article. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erk Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Kid watched Catch Me If You Can too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehockeykid Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 ^ i too was gonna make a reference to catch me if you can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostintime Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 Lol that shows how much scut is involved in PA and med students' roles....when 17 year old non-medically trained individuals can just take over and not be suspected for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thehumanmacbook Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 True Gun. The truest of the true. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgt.pepper Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 The onion logo is on the picture. I think it is fake Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bored Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 amazing, simply amazing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
<abstract> Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 That article reminded me of Sarah Palin, and how she pretends to be a legitimate politician. She is pretending right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantaloons Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MedPen Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 That article reminded me of Sarah Palin' date=' and how she pretends to be a legitimate politician. She is pretending right?[/quote'] Totally. That's why they spent all that money last year getting her a new wardrobe, so she can pretend in better clothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ubcMDhopeful Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 I dont think this guy was a serious premed, just someguy trying to have "fun "and looking for trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lost&Found Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 That's disturbingly hilarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorelan Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 That's disturbingly hilarious Yeah it is - goes to show though that the basic examination skills are actually not that hard to get down - at least not so hard that pretty much anyone cannot fake it with a reasonable practice. Of course knowing how to interpret the findings is an entirely different matter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nixon Posted September 4, 2011 Report Share Posted September 4, 2011 Yeah it is - goes to show though that the basic examination skills are actually not that hard to get down - at least not so hard that pretty much anyone cannot fake it with a reasonable practice. Of course knowing how to interpret the findings is an entirely different matter The only thing i found difficult about physical examination was OSCE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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