As a Physician Assistant (PA), I often encounter the same questions: “What is a PA?” and “What is the difference between a PA and a doctor?” The profession is not new since the 1960s. However, educating the public about it has always been a challenge. I believe that the awareness of PAs today is much easier than in the past, since more physicians and healthcare institutions use the services of physician assistants. They certainly achieve this with an understanding of their parts. However, I’m not sure that the community is really organized for what PA can or can’t do.
A simple definition of a Physician Assisted would be health care professionals who are licensed< /i> to practice medicine Under the supervision of a licensed physician. It will be better to explain it slightly so that PAphysical exams can treat illness and diseases, order and interpret diseases. such as but not limited to labor, EKG (electrocardiograms) and/or referring individuals for further tests or medical specialties who may assist in further treatment. A PA can also advise on health and preventive care, assist in the correct installation of surgical procedures, and write prescriptions. So, in general can provide a wide range of diagnostic and therapeutic services.
The training of the Physician Assistant is intensively approved educational which is the model and complement of the medical school for about two years. The school is accepted after completing the national certification exam. They must complete 100 hours of CME (continuing medicine) every 2 years and re-certification every six years. PAs don’t do residency or practice, but there are some specialties that can offer it like surgery.
Physician Assistants practice in all areas of medicine that include primary care (family or internal medicine), pediatrics, obstetrics, orthopedics, occupational health, rooms and a great variety of regions.
The question often arises, “What can’t PA do?” The simple answer is that this varies according to each person’s own training, experience and the laws of different states. PA’s work within “their scope of training”. This usually implies that there are certain limits, and usually the PA will be taught these limits in school, training and monitoring with a doctor. In general, every PA out there knows when and where to supervise the doctor – after all, the doctor has full responsibility for patient care and the PA shares in that responsibility.
Being a PA gave me such a great opportunity to work with different doctors in various specialties. . The knowledge that I have gained has helped me tremendously in all aspects of life, the most important thing that I have done is the ability to listen and experience and the differences in everyone I meet.
If you have the opportunity to have a PA provider or just know one, I’ll be sure to answer any questions you have for them. The purpose of all this is to help and educate patients.
