Three states have successfully made statutory changes to replace the title “physician assistant” with “physician associate,” according to an Oct. 28 news release from the American Academy of Physician ...

More doctors’ offices are letting patients choose who to see for primary care, a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant. While these professionals all are qualified to perform physical ...

Bridging primary care gap, California Baptist University and Riverside University Health System train PAs to serve underserved communities effectively.

As a physician assistant student at Bethel, you’ll develop skills for comprehensive medical practice and build a balanced core of knowledge in the fields of natural and social sciences, medical ...

The 43rd class in the University of Iowa’s physician-assistant program graduated from a new integrated-training model. For the first three semesters that the students are in graduate school, they take ...

Abbie Hecker is a Physician Assistant at the Blood and Marrow Transplant (BMT) service at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (formerly Seattle Cancer Care Alliance). She is also a Teaching Associate with ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- The federal government is giving more than $4 million to Upstate Medical University and LeMoyne College to expand their physician assistant training programs. The grants, announced ...

A stay-at-home mom for 10 years, Martha Tuff wanted a career in medicine. But at 38 and raising four boys, she decided the decade-long preparation to become a doctor “would be too much for me.’’ So ...

Dr. Eric Sauers, dean of the A.T. Still University program in Santa Maria, speaks during a meet-and-greet event last month. He also gave an update to the Santa Maria City Council on Tuesday. (Janene ...

Dec. 15—Idaho State University is partnering with Lewis-Clark State College to place a new physician assistant training cohort to northern Idaho, the schools announced Friday. ISU runs the state's ...

A patient who cannot speak can be challenging for those who care for him, but one physician assistant has managed to make a ...