The Australian Medical Students' Association issued an anti-PA press release today. AMSA: Physician Assistants Not the Answer for Rural Health The introduction of Physician Assistants (PAs) into Queensland hospitals will compromise the quality of medical student training for very little gain, the Australian Medical Students' Association ...

Three weeks have passed and I am still here. PA school has not killed me, yet. I took my first test last week and revisited an old friend named, “Test Anxiety.” I went through my test using the same skills acquired through the years that helped me analyze each question without becoming consumed with the complexity. I had studied hard for this exam ...

The PA profession is causing a ruckus in Australia. A plan to introduce some physician assistants to the country's health system has Australian Medical Association president Rosanna Capolingua very upset—about patient safety, of course. THE head of Australia's peak medical body has criticised a plan to introduce US-style physicians' assistants ...

I continue to be astounded by the amount of interest in and support for the idea of a PA-to-physician bridge program. Our article about a possible bridge program generates enormous traffic to the ADVANCE for PAs Web site, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive. Makes you wonder why you don't hear more about it from ...

The Central Michigan University PA program honored Ron Nelson as its Preceptor of the Year for 2007-2008. Preceptors serve as mentors to second-year physician assistant students during the clinical rotation phase of the 27-month program. Rotations emphasize clinical skill development and offer students opportunities to work with licensed ...

The Brookings Register features South Dakota Army National Guard PA David Fossum in an article about British and U.S. soldier conducting joint training exercises. Yanks and Brits have traditionally been allies and worked well together in combined operations. Capt. David Fossum of Brookings, a physician assistant in the 730th Area Support ...

The Journal of Physician Assistant Education published a study in its most recent issue titled, “Perceptions of US Physician Assistants Regarding the Entry-Level Doctoral Degree in PA Education.” The authors found that PAs oppose entry-level doctorate degrees, but by a relatively small margin. Access the full study at ...

Two weeks down and roughly 112 to go! As expected, the pace picked up this last week and will continue to increase until the 3rd week of December. My first anatomy exam is looming around the corner, and I am learning what it really means to multi-task. What I found interesting was how the material continues to amass even in the presence of a test. ...

In an Erie (Pa.) Times-News roundtable discussion about health care, physician Brad Fox compares PAs and NPs to minor league baseball players: The Senate (plan) is a lot of wishing. For them to stock the clinics they want, they have to expand the scope of practice of ... secondary providers. You'll have nurse practitioners and physician ...

The New York Times published a very basic article about the physician assistant profession on Aug. 9. When Mr. Kelly was in college, his older brother, then a medical student, mentioned the role of physician assistant — a “midlevel” health care provider with two to three years of medical training, who is licensed to examine and treat patients, ...