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Define a physician assistant. correct answers• Physician assistants are health care professionals licensed (or in the care of those employed by the federal gov't they are credentialed) to practice medicine with physician supervisions.
• PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses...
Define a physician assistant. correct answers• Physician assistants are health care professionals licensed
(or in the care of those employed by the federal gov't they are credentialed) to practice medicine with
physician supervisions.
• PAs conduct physical exams, diagnose and treat illnesses, order and interpret tests, counsel on
preventative health care, assist in surgery, and write prescriptions
• Within the physician-PA relationship, PAs exercise autonomy in medical decision making and provide a
broad range of dianogstic and therapeutic services
• PA's practice may also include education, research, and administrative services
Describe the PA profession as it has evolved since the mid 1960s. correct answersthe mid-1960's, there
was a shortage and uneven distribution of primary care physicians
• Dr. Eugene Stead, Duke University, Medical Center—first class in 1965
o 4 navy corpsmen
o System based on "fast-tracking" of doctors during WWII
NCCPA facts about the PA profession correct answers• 70% of PA's work in specialties outside of primary
care, including highly technical surgical specialties, emergency medicine, and hospital medicine
• 67% female
• States with largest number of PAs = NY, CA, TX, PA, and FLA
• States with the largest number of PAs per capita = Alaska, South Dakota, Montana
• Average salary is over 104,000
• highest paid = pathology, dermatology, surgical subspecialties, and critical care
• 22.6% of certified PAs communicate in a language other than English
• 2.5% work in rural health clinics
• PAs in primary care have increased from 1.7% to 28.3%
• PAs in internal medicine subspecialties have increased from 1.3% to 8.7%
, Describe where PAs work and what roles they may be in. correct answers• Hospitals, clinics, private
physician offices, schools, HMO's military, Veteran's Hospital, Prison systems, public health services,
research, academics, the White House
PA as global profession correct answers-France: "the officier de sante"
-Russia: "Feldshers"
-China: "The Barefoot Doctors"
education process for PAs correct answers• Education process for PAs originally varied, but over time is
evolved to a more standardized process (ARC-PA—accrediting body)
• Funding initially provided by 1971 Health Manpower Act
• Originally required a Bachelor's degree, now it requires a Master's degree; Graduate degree (2000,
APAP)
o First Master's degree was offered by Univ. of Colorado 1985
o First 5-year, entry-level Master's program—Duquesne University
PA vs physician correct answers•Not core content (Both taught in "Medical Model")
•Time in school
•Internships / residencies
•Physician has complete responsibility for patient and total autonomy
•PAs are "dependent practitioners", under the supervision of MD or DO
what does it mean to be certified and licensed? correct answers•To be certified and licensed means that
you are a PA-C (Physician Assistant - Certified). In order to maintain this title you must:
o Successfully complete the Physician Assistant National Certification Examination (PANCE)
o Maintain continuing medical education (CME) requirements
o Successfully complete periodic re-examinations (PANRE). Each state has specific licensures.
-"certified" is a national title while "licensed" is a state title
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