Innovative Medical Careers - Physician Assistant
By Tony Jacowski In the United States, a PA, or a Physician’s Assistant,
is a non-physician therapist, who is licensed to practice medicine under
the supervision of a physician. In many cases, this supervision does not
have to be direct and many Physician’s Assistants practice in distant
and remote locations like satellite clinics.
Physician Assistants prescribe medicine and treat
patients and in some places in the United States, they are given a DEA
number that gives them the power to prescribe specific controlled medicines,
such as narcotics. In surgical procedures, Physician Assistants act as
first assists during a surgery. They also offer medical services, which
are compensated by a third party insurance company or by Medicare.
How They Fare In the year 2005, PA’s held
around 64,000 jobs. The number of jobs available is greater in proportion
with the number of practicing Physician Assistants, since some PA’s
hold more than two jobs. For instance, many Physician Assistants work
under a supervising physician and they also work in other clinics, Click
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