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April 17, 2021 The PA Doctor

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.

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March 12, 2021 Evan Leonard, DMS, MS, PA-C

Do Physician Assistants Need a Residency?

Physician assistant residencies have been around for roughly five decades now and continue to be a hot topic. They average

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February 13, 2021 The PA Doctor

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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January 2, 2021 The PA Doctor

Getting Into PA School: 22 Must-Have Pre-PA Requirements Guaranteed to Improve Your Chances

There are many reasons to become a PA. It might be job security, earning a decent income, or helping others. You’re not alone, however. You might have noticed that Physician Assistants (PAs) seem to have one of the top jobs in the country.

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December 5, 2020 The PA Doctor

PAs and the Entry-Level Doctorate

PAs have been Masters of medicine since the 1990s–is it time they move on? Doctors are no longer exclusively MDs or DOs. PAs must ask themselves if it’s time to get on board with the entry-level doctorate.

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November 6, 2020 Hope Cook, PA

The Golden Handcuffs of Medicine and How to Remove Them

I have a Physician Assistant friend who goes into a funk when her paycheck gets deposited each month. It’s not

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August 2, 2020 The PA Doctor

The ROAD to Happiness

When students are deciding on specialties they’d like to pursue, they often talk about “The ROAD” or “The ROAD to

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July 12, 2020 The PA Doctor

Are Physicians Overtrained? Is Physician Assistant Education Enough?

In last month’s issue of JAAPA (Journal of the American Academy of PAs), PAs James Cawley, Richard Dehn, and Dr.

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June 3, 2020 The PA Doctor

LECOM PA to DO Bridge: A Million Dollar Mistake?

Once upon a time, LECOM’s PA to DO bridge was novel and exciting. I’ve considered it many times. Their Accelerated Physician Assistant Pathway (APAP) is designed to bridge the gap between PA and physician. But it’s far from the perfect PA bridge program and doesn’t do much to incentive experienced PAs to matriculate.

Hi Kelly, Thank you for your thoughtful article. Amazing to hear from a fellow American trained PA! I Graduated from…

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Thank you for this fantastic resource! While performing some research today I noticed the ATSU has three Sports Med concentrations…

Well said, nicely written—this is a gem of an article. It should be published in other media outlets so the…

I agree with you. There has to be a point where my 12 years of medical practice outweighs the 3-5…