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 ...
Nurse practitioners and physician associates at Legacy-GoHealth clinics and pediatric care plan two-day walkouts.
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 ...
The “wholly unnecessary” change from “physician assistant” would confuse patients, waste money and undermine the physician-led care team.
Almost a quarter of people do not know the difference between a physician associate and a doctor, a new poll has shown. While 52% of people can differentiate between the two roles, some 23% said they ...
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 ...
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 ...
The British Medical Association’s “obsession with unsustainable pay demands” is pushing other areas of the health service to the brink, as resident doctors gear up for a third strike this year in the ...
Almost a quarter of people surveyed did not know the difference between a physician associate and a doctor, a new Healthwatch England poll has found. Medical associate professionals have been under ...
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 ...
This paper reviews the status of physician assistants/associates, an essential component of the US health care workforce. The evidence of their clinical performance and utilization trends are ...