Logan University has applied for Accreditation-Provisional from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)—the accrediting body for PA programs in the United ...

Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine under the direction of physicians and surgeons. They are formally trained to examine patients, diagnose injuries and illnesses, and provide ...

A.T. Still University’s Ted Wendel, interim dean for the Central Coast Physician Assistant program, talks to the first cohort of students at the new Santa Maria program. (Janene Scully / Noozhawk ...

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

The U.S. military veteran Dave Manning served two combat deployments in Iraq and was the sole medical provider for more than 100 people on a Navy ship. But as he contemplated his post-military job ...

Sonographer performing ultrasound on girls leg. Is it realistic to add point-of-care ultrasound training to the curriculum of entry-level PA programs or should this be taught in a CME, post-graduate, ...

Select an option below to continue reading this premium story. Already a Honolulu Star-Advertiser subscriber? Log in now to continue reading. Betty Stewart, clinical coordinator of the MEDEX Northwest ...

When Dustin Hayes was a biology major at the University of South Carolina, he thought about going to medical school. He decided to become a physician assistant instead. He'll still take care of ...

EASTON — Bo Wilkinson is one of seven physician assistant students participating in a University of Maryland Shore Regional Health initiative, the Physician Assistant Rotation Program. Tags ...

A Vietnam veteran returned home after two years as a combat medic. He'd treated gunshot wounds, performed emergency procedures and saved lives under fire. Civilian hospitals wouldn't hire him. His ...