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 ...

After being forced to wait days or weeks for an appointment at your GP surgery, it would be fair to assume that your consultation is going to be with a doctor. In reality, it may well be with a ...

Physician associates provide safe and effective care when they work under the direct supervision of doctors and care for patients who have already been diagnosed, or when they undertake procedures for ...

Gavel and stethoscope. medical jurisprudence. legal definition of medical malpractice. attorney. common errors doctors, nurses and hospitals make. After years of debate, the AAPA changed the PA ...

In 2021, the American Academy of Physician Assistants voted to adopt “physician associate” as the official title for the profession. The organization is now called the American Academy of Physician ...

Three states have successfully made statutory changes to replace the title “physician assistant” with “physician associate,” according to an Oct. 28 news release from the American Academy of Physician ...

As a physician associate, you're caring for and treating patients, making diagnoses, and even prescribing medications. Simply put, your judgment is critical in providing quality health care for your ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a 198 to 68 vote, members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants’ House of Delegates passed a ...

Every physician assistant practicing today owes the profession's existence to combat medics and Navy corpsmen who proved that ...

Physician assistants in Oregon will soon be able to rebrand under new rules officially changing their titles to “physician associates.” Physician assistants in Oregon will soon be able to rebrand ...

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