What is a Physician Assistant?

        A Physician Assistant (PA) is known as a mid-level practitioner of medicine.  Approximately 70% of the duties of family practitioners can be done by PA's.  Some of the duties PA's perform are: history and physicals, ordering and interpreting labs, suturing lacerations, giving injections, immunizations, and prescribing medications.

        1997 was the thirteenth anniversary of the physician assistant.  The PA profession was developed in response to health care needs.  The first program to train PA's was started at Duke University, targeting Vietnam medics to enter the health care system in healthcare shortage areas.  Thirty years later, PA's are not only working in family medicine, but also internal medicine, surgery, psychiatry, Obstetric/gynecology, pediatrics, and more.  The need for qualified health providers is still present, and the PA can help solve that need.

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