In most of the United States, P.A.s are still legally required to work with oversight from a doctor. But just how closely a P.A. works with a physician depends heavily on the medical specialty, state ...

How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors.

In five years of writing for various audiences, Uche has learned to simplify career-focused content for ambitious learners regardless of their qualifications. Her work is published in notable ...

Physician assistants (PA) practice medicine on healthcare teams with physicians and other providers. PAs are trained to obtain medical histories, perform examinations, order treatments, diagnose ...

Janice Cohen, of Boynton Beach, refused to wait another four weeks to get an appointment with her primary care doctor. When offered a visit with a physician assistant, she reluctantly agreed. The ...

I’m standing over an operating table, excising a skin cancer from the forehead of an elderly gentleman while soft piano music echoes off the floor tiles. I’ve performed this procedure thousands of ...

Two bills aim to increase New Yorkers' access to health care by expanding the number of physician assistants allowed in private practice as well as their power to issue broader medical protocols under ...

They came to the stage one at a time, trailing parents, siblings, spouses and significant others who took white coats from a rack, holding them up as the graduates shrugged into them, getting a feel ...

What is Physician Assistant Program Application Assistance Program? The Physician Assistant Program Application Assistance Program at CLU is a free service to assist CLU students and alumni with the ...

Lisa Nissen receives funding from the Commonwealth Department and Aging and jurisdictional health departments for research related to Health Workforce Optimization and team based care. Lynda Cardiff ...

At Valparaiso University, to step inside the human heart is not merely an exercise in undergraduate interpersonal relations or a poetry review, but virtually to infiltrate the powerhouse of the body.