Should You Become a Physician Associate or Doctor?

For students interested in practicing medicine, becoming a doctor or a physician associate are two common options. Both paths lead to patient care, but they differ in training length, ...
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What a ‘physician associate’ does – and when to demand a doctor instead

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 ...
Medical Xpress

Physician associates provide safe care for diagnosed patients when directly supervised by a doctor

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 ...
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Physician assistants want to be called physician associates, but doctors cry foul

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 ...
The New York Times

Physician Assistants Want a New Name and More Power. Not Everyone Is Happy.

How increased responsibilities and a push to be called “physician associates” are raising tensions with doctors. By Ben Blatt and Teddy Rosenbluth If you wind up at an urgent care center in America, ...
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Dos and don'ts for bringing on an associate

Each year, thousands of practices add associates. An associate can be a valuable asset when the practice is growing or the doctor is approaching retirement. If you've decided to hire an associate ...
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Outline highlights typical flow for practices to add partner-track associate physician

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Once upon a time, there was one chief gateway to practicing as an eye surgeon. The vast majority of new ...