physician assistants
Doctors' clinical partners
Physician assistants are healthcare professionals who practice medicine under physician supervision.
They examine patients, diagnose illnesses, prescribe medications, and assist in surgery—performing many duties that overlap with doctors' work.
The profession emerged in the 1960s to extend physician capacity.
Often abbreviated PA: The PA will see you now.
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