Advanced Practice Role: Physician Assistant (PA)
Patient Satisfaction with Primary Care: Does Type of Practitioner Matter?
The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of patient satisfaction with type of practitioner attending visits in the primary care practice of a managed care organization (MCO). We conducted a retrospective observational study of 41,209 patient satisfaction surveys randomly sampled from visits provided by the pediatrics and adult medicine departments from 1997 […]
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Use of Midlevel Practitioners to Achieve Labor Cost Savings in the Primary Care Practice of an MCO
Objective. To estimate the savings in labor costs per primary care visit that might be realized from increased use of physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) in the primary care practices of a managed care organization (MCO). StudySetting/DataSources. Twenty-sixcapitatedprimarycarepracticesofagroup model MCO. Data on approximately two million visits provided by 206 practitioners were extracted from […]
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Increasing Physician Productivity using a Physician Extender: A Study in an Outpatient Group Practice at the Mayo Clinic
Physician extenders (PE) can perform some tasks usually performed by a physician. Time recouped by physicians using a PE may increase physician productivity and physician professional satisfaction. A prospective study was completed using a PE in an outpatient general medical group practice setting to reduce physician indirect patient care, such as responding to patient telephone […]
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The Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Pediatric Otolaryngology Academic Practices
Objective: The goal of this study was to examine the roles of Physician Assistants (PAs) and Nurse Practitioners (NPs) in pediatric academic otolaryngology programs to provide a better understanding of their scope of practice, levels of autonomy, clinical duties, teaching opportunities and research participation. Design: An anonymous web-based electronic survey tool was sent to all […]
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Strategies for Workplace Learning used by Entry-Level Physician Assistants
Purpose: Physician assistants (PAs) play an increasingly important role in medicine. While PAs have strong basic science and clinical training in school, typically they don’t participate in postgraduate training and are expected to expand their generalists’ competencies through continuing professional education. The purpose of this study was to investigate the methods PAs use during their […]
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Postgraduate Clinical Education of Physician Assistants
Purpose: Physician assistant (PA) postgraduate clinical training programs have existed since 1971. There are anecdotal reports of increasing numbers of programs available in the United States, although a reliable means of identifying and tracking such programs has not been available. The purpose of this study was to describe the current state of postgraduate, clinical educational […]
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Physician Assistant Perspective on the ASCO Workforce Study Regarding the use of Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
Purpose: A workforce study by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) predicted a shortage of 2,350 to 3,800 oncologists, or 9.5 to 15 million visits, by 2020. Proposed solutions included use of physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs). Although 56% of the oncologists reported working with PAs/NPs, the AAMC did not survey PAs […]
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