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 ...

Four states are emerging as focal points in the national debate over updating the title “physician assistant” to “physician associate,” according to an Oct. 28 news release from the American Academy ...

Physician associates provide safe and effective care when they work under the direct supervision of doctors and care for patients who have already been diagnosed, or when they undertake procedures for ...

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Almost a quarter of people surveyed did not know the difference between a physician associate and a doctor, a new Healthwatch England poll has found. Medical associate professionals have been under ...

Physician associates will be regulated by the same watchdog as doctors under a new law to be passed this week - despite a backlash by medics. Health officials plan to massively increase the number of ...