Here’s a new an interesting statistic on the physician assistant workforce for you: more physician assistants are practicing now than ever before. According to the recently published article written by Rene Letourneau of Healthcare Finance News, […]
The Bard new how much a name can mean. Juliet: “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose By any other name would smell as sweet.” Romeo and Juliet (II, ii, 1-2) Should the physician assistant title become physician associate? Take the poll, then read the article to learn about the effort to make it happen, along with the pros and cons… […]
What is the physician assistant job outlook like? When the economy's in the dumper, everyone is looking for the "sure thing" job. And who can blame them? Job security is a commodity like any other. But finding a job that is safe for the foreseeable future and satisfying, well-compensated, and attainable is a very tall [...]
Wondering what your professional life will look like as a physician assistant? There are many options, depending on the lifestyle that your heart is set on. Today's topic is another option to consider--an interesting one. I'm talking about locum tenens work. Locum Tenens is a the medical version of "temping." Locum tenens translates roughly into [...]
If you're trying to get a grasp of the physician assistant profession, you should probably know what the typical physician assistant looks like. I just read the American Academy of Physician Assistants' most recent census of the nation's PAs (2009 data), and learned a few things: The typical physician assistant is female (About 65% are [...]
Suturing lacerations is one of the fun little procedures that every PA learns in PA school. Last week we learned the basics, and it was a great time. We had been looking forward to our basic suturing workshop for months, and when it arrived, we went to town with it. To practice the techniques we [...]
