A physician assistant (PA) is a health care professional who works with doctors and gives medical treatment. You can find physician assistants in virtually all primary care and specialty medical ...

As a new physician assistant in primary care, you will be given an initial induction programme to provide basic experience of working in this setting. In general practice this will be in line with an ...

Working alongside physicians, Bill Mahaffy has harvested arteries and treated patients in cardiac-care units, but he's not a physician; he's a physician assistant (PA), an occupation that is expected ...

Physician Assistants provide a wide range of healthcare diagnostic and treatment services under the supervision of physicians. Their duties may include taking medical histories, performing physical ...

Roderick S. Hooker ( [email protected]) is an adjunct professor in the School of Public Health, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, and the Department of Veterans Affairs in Dallas, ...

According to AARP, this current need for more doctors is being exacerbated by an aging population requiring more care and by the fact that many primary care doctors are close to retirement themselves.