PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Physician assistant is a health professional that is licensed to practice medicine with the supervision of a licensed physician. But not to be confused Physician Assistant is different with medical assistant because medical assistant is health professional who perform administrative and clinical task in the hospitals and clinics under the direct supervision of physicians, registered nurses, nurse practitioner, and PA’s.

Physician Assistant came into existence in 1960’s because of the shortage and uneven distribution of Primary care physician in the United States. Dr. Eugene Stead is the one who make the curriculum for the Physician Assistant program in part on his first-hand knowledge of the fast-track training of the medical doctors during World War 2.

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