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The PA Doctor December 3, 2022April 27, 2023 0 Comments alternative careers for PAs, optimal team practice

The Top 3 Undiscovered Healthcare Careers

PAs have consistently been ranked as one of the top careers in healthcare but how well do you know these 3 undiscovered healthcare careers that all outearn PAs?

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The PA Doctor February 16, 2022May 21, 2023 4 Comments dailyprompt, dailyprompt-1945, optimal team practice, pa name change, physician associate, your pa can

Have You Heard? Physician Associates are Taking New Zealand by Storm

“I cannot recommend PAs highly enough,” proclaims Karl Metzler. “They have single-handedly ensured the sustainability of our emergency department.”

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The PA Doctor November 2, 2021April 28, 2023 0 Comments dms, dmsc, PA Doctorate, physician assistant doctorate, your pa can

Meet Jonathan Corrigan, PA and Doctor of Health Science

Dr. Jonathan Corrigan is one of those old-school PAs who’s been around for a while. He entered the medical field almost 20 years ago when PAs were still getting Bachelor’s degrees. Demonstrating the flexibility and legendary lateral mobility of the generalist PA, Dr. Corrigan has done everything from hospital and emergency medicine to being the VP of Health Services at an occupational health company.

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The PA Doctor October 28, 2021April 28, 2023 0 Comments optimal team practice, pa to md bridge

Medical Students Join PAs to Learn Medicine in the Fast Lane

Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine is trying to fill care gaps in rural communities by training more primary care physicians. The new Lincoln Scholars program aims to fill those gaps by fast-tracking physician training. How exactly are they doing that? By having select medical students train with the PAs.

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Echo Kopplin, DMSc, PA-C August 21, 2021May 19, 2023 1 Comment optimal team practice, PA independent practice, supervisory laws, your pa can

PA Employment and Supervisory Laws

PAs serve a crucial role in improving patient access to healthcare. This data indicates that participants attribute a decline in PA employment opportunities to state legislative restrictions, which was exacerbated by SARS-CoV-2 in many states. Supervisory laws may be reducing patient access to care across all states and specialties. Participants suggested that the PA profession should seek to remove these practice barriers and better educate employers and the public to keep the PA profession viable in a constantly evolving healthcare landscape. As the clinician shortage in the US continues to worsen, barriers to PA employment will further exacerbate patient access to care.

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The PA Doctor April 17, 2021April 28, 2023 6 Comments optimal team practice, your pa can

Midlevel is offensive to patients, physicians, and PAs. Stop saying it.

Is the term mid-level provider offensive? Yes, yes it is. And worse yet it’s not an accurate description of the care provided by PAs and NPs. So where did the term mid-level provider or mid-level practitioner come from and what should we be saying instead? Let’s start with the origin of the term itself.

PA Doctorate Optimal Team Practice (OTP)Your PA Can

The PA Doctor February 13, 2021April 28, 2023 14 Comments PA independent practice, pa name change, physician assistant doctorate

Call Me Medical Care Practitioner? How About Doctor

$21 million is a lot of money especially when it won’t change a single thing about PA practice. Those more important battles would likely have to wait years until a name change is complete. There is a better option. Focus on the future. Focus on becoming, and better yet earning, the title of doctor. Spend that $21 million on untethering PAs and PA Doctors from physicians. “Just say MCP?” Naw, just say Doctor.

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Nicole Mason, DMSc, PA-C, Psychiatry CAQ February 5, 2021April 29, 2023 65 Comments PA independent practice, pa name change, physician assistant doctorate, physician associate

Does the PA Profession Have a 2030 Expiration Date?

Physician assistants (PA) are number #1 in healthcare, so getting a job for an experienced PA should be super simple.

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The PA Doctor December 26, 2020April 29, 2023 35 Comments optimal team practice, PA independent practice

Is There a Physician Assistant to Nurse Practitioner Bridge?

The great English scientist Isaac Newton is credited with saying: “We build too many walls and not enough bridges.” This site began as a bridge of sorts. But there’s a new bridge everyone is talking about: a physician assistant to nurse practitioner bridge.