Practitioners in each profession detail the speed of regulatory challenges and changes, emphasize the importance of keeping ...

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 ...

“Physician assistants have very limited medical training compared to the rigorous years of training physicians complete,” Kaupp wrote. “Expanding the scope of practice for PA’s is not in ...

Among those spreading medical misinformation during the pandemic: 52 doctors Large hospital systems began hiring more physician assistants and nurse practitioners because there were more of them ...

However, providers and medical organizations have not widely embraced assistant physicians as an effective solution. In the eight years since the position was created, only five states have ...

Misleading as the name sounds, a Physician Assistant does not assist any Physician or a Doctor but practice medicine independently. This cadre of health professionals are found all over the world ...

Physician assistants can examine patients, prescribe medicine, order diagnostic tests and perform a host of other duties that doctors also do, experts say. And this path may become more popular ...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Victoria Calo is just 20 years old and already has her life planned out. The current University of Delaware junior will graduate with a degree in exercise science next year ...

are more desired than most specialist physicians. Physician assistants overtook pediatricians in 2014 for fifth place and weren’t even in the top five in 2013, falling behind family medicine ...

Physician assistants can examine patients, prescribe medicine, order diagnostic tests and perform a host of other duties that doctors also do, experts say. And this profession may become more popular.

Besides treating medical maladies, physician assistants spend ... Where might someone find a physician assistant? Check your family doctor’s office or emergency room. Orthopedics, pediatrics ...