The American Association of Physician Assistants responded to resistance over its intent to rebrand the PA title to "physician associate" in a June 4 letter posted on its website.
Integration & Physician Issues
The scope of physician assistants' practice can be highly controversial, with prescriptive authority varying across states.
Physician assistants' recent move to change their title to "physician associate" will create confusion for patients about who is providing their care, American Medical Association President Susan R. Bailey, MD, said in a June 2 statement to Becker's.
A recent push to change physician assistants' professional title could cause confusion about medical roles and undermine the importance of a physician-led care team model, thereby threatening patient safety, the American Osteopathic Association said May 28.
Amid the demands of today's healthcare environment, physicians at times must choose between prioritizing work or home responsibilities. And physicians who are women, single, age 35 years or older, and who work more hours and nights on call per week,…
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Healthcare delays during earlier waves of the COVID-19 pandemic are now allowing researchers to compare the outcomes of patients who had a certain treatment or procedure delayed or canceled to those who received their care on time — an important…
When Mark Schuster, MD, PhD, was named founding dean of Kaiser Permanente's new medical school nearly four years ago, he didn't expect to open it at the height of a global pandemic.
Many medical school graduates who complete their residency in primary care switch into different specialities later. That makes medical schools' estimates of its graduates entering family medicine largely inaccurate, NPR reported May 18.
Nadine Burke Harris, MD, a pediatrician and California's first surgeon general, is among those raising awareness about a health assessment to quantify adverse childhood experiences, The Washington Post reported May 15.
While both female and male physicians report using social media to build their professional networks, there are differences in how it benefits each gender, according to survey findings published May 13 in JAMA Network Open.