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physician assistant |
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physician assistant (PA), health-care professional who provides patient services ranging from taking medical histories and doing physical examinations to performing minor surgical procedures; often called physician's assistant. Physician assistants work under the supervision of a physician, who can be on or off site. PAs receive two years of postgraduate training and pass a national certifying exam. They are licensed by the states. PAs, who typically deliver quality routine health care less expensively than doctors, are an increasingly important part of the American health-care system, as they are in Canada and some European countries. |
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The official publication of the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants (SDPA; San Antonio, TX), the journal's mission is to help improve dermatological patient care by publishing current practice-related educational information for the physician assistant profession. The role of physician assistants and nurse practitioners--collectively called midlevel providers--in health care is growing. nbsp;physicians and launch pilot projects to add physician assistants and nurse practitioners to emergency rooms; |
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