On May 24’th, 2021, the AAPA made an “earth-shattering” announcement when they proclaimed that “the AAPA House of Delegates (HOD) passed a resolution affirming “physician associate” as the official title for the PA profession.” For many, like myself, who took the AAPA name change survey in 2019, we breathed an instant sigh of relief. This certainly […]
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PA specialties: what can a physician assistant specialize in?
Short answer: almost any area of medicine. PAs work in family medicine, emergency medicine, surgery, dermatology, psychiatry, oncology, critical care, and dozens of subspecialties. You do not choose one permanent specialty in PA school. PA school gives us broad medical training. Most of the specialty learning happens after graduation, on the job, with continuing education […]
