Evaluation of physician assistants in National Health Service Scotland
Jane Farmer; Mary Currie; Jeff Hyman; Christina West; Nick Arnott · 2011 · Scottish Medical Journal
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Abstract (excerpt)
Physician assistants (PAs) have medical training and work supervised by a doctor. In 2006-2008 the Scottish Government piloted use of USA-trained PAs. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the impact and contribution made by PAs to…
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Metadata source: OpenAlex · DOI 10.1258/smj.2011.011109