Physician assistants, also known as PAs, practice medicine under the direction of physicians and surgeons. They are formally trained to examine patients, diagnose injuries and illnesses, and provide ...

The Alaska Senate has passed a bill that would allow physician assistants with sufficient training to practice under an ...

Physician assistants are so in demand to treat the nation’s newly insured patients they are coming close to primary care physicians as the health professional most in need at U.S. hospitals and health ...