The ASPAW is a highly selective one-week intensive surgical training workshop that is sponsored by the UAB Physician Associate Studies Program. The program provides comprehensive, hands-on surgical ...

For students interested in practicing medicine, becoming a doctor or a physician associate are two common options. Both paths lead to patient care, but they differ in training length, ...

The UAB Physician Associate Studies program was founded in 1967. It is the second oldest PA program in the nation and was established only two years after the birth of the PA profession. The UAB PA ...

I’m standing over an operating table, excising a skin cancer from the forehead of an elderly gentleman while soft piano music echoes off the floor tiles. I’ve performed this procedure thousands of ...

After being forced to wait days or weeks for an appointment at your GP surgery, it would be fair to assume that your consultation is going to be with a doctor. In reality, it may well be with a ...

The first study into the impact on the NHS of a new type of health worker in hospitals, physician associates, has found that they benefit medical and surgical teams and their patients over a wide ...

Are you a physician assistant contemplating specializing in surgery? Clinical Advisor recently spoke with Michael Doll, MPAS, PA-C, about his career in cardiothoracic surgery. Doll is the director of ...

A new review has said that physician associates should not diagnose patients. But what exactly do they do, and why is there such concern? Emily Craig is a health journalist with a special interest in ...