Working alongside physicians, Bill Mahaffy has harvested arteries and treated patients in cardiac-care units, but he's not a physician; he's a physician assistant (PA), an occupation that is expected ...

As a new physician assistant in primary care, you will be given an initial induction programme to provide basic experience of working in this setting. In general practice this will be in line with an ...

Aspiring doctors who want to sub-specialize in a very specific area of medicine, such as addiction psychiatry or pediatric surgery, may elect to pursue a fellowship in that field, which means that ...

A physician assistant (PA) is a health care professional who works with doctors and gives medical treatment. You can find physician assistants in virtually all primary care and specialty medical ...

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 ...

The results are in: The physician assistant (PA) profession is listed second in Best Healthcare Jobs, third in 100 Best Jobs (overall), and third in Best STEM Jobs in U.S. News & World Report’s Best ...

Two physician assistants have started work at the Saanich Peninsula Hospital on Vancouver Island, the first time the profession has been approved to work in a B.C. hospital setting. Physician ...