Under Massachusetts' new healthcare cost-control law, legislators are counting on physician assistants like Tuff as critical partners in the effort to curb medical spending, improve the coordination ...
Abbie Hecker is a Physician Assistant at the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) service at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (formerly Seattle Cancer Care Alliance). She is also a Teaching Associate with ...
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.
Thirty-three University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS) physician assistant (PA) students are set to begin the clinical portion of their studies in an effort to earn their ...
In the last 25 years, the medical work force has undergone something of a transformation: The number of physician assistants ...
If you've tried to get an appointment to see a GP or specialist recently, you will likely have felt the impact of Australia's doctor shortages. To alleviate workforce shortages, the Queensland ...
After 23 years as a physician assistant, Leslie Clayton remains rankled by one facet of her vocation: its title. Specifically, the word "assistant." Patients have asked if she's heading to medical ...