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Patient care, integration and collaboration of physician associates in multiprofessional teams: A mixed methods study [PDF]

Nursing Open, 2023
Aims The aim of the study was to explore the physician associate role in patient care, integration and collaboration with team members, within the hospital setting. Design Convergent mixed methods case study design.
Stephanie Howard Wilsher, Audrey Gibbs, Joanne Reed, Rebecca Baker, Susanne Lindqvist   +4 more
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Procedures by Physician Associates in Obstetrics and Gynecology [PDF]

Women's Health Reports, 2023
Background and Objectives: The number of obstetricians and gynecologists in the United States is decreasing and providers backfilling this service have not been well described. The intent of the study was to identify the skills that physician associates (
Melissa A. Rodriguez, Roderick S. Hooker
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The Future Role of Physician Associates in Ophthalmology Services [PDF]

British and Irish Orthoptic Journal
As a response to increasing pressures on hospital eye services, the Royal College of Ophthalmologists (RCOphth) has started exploring the integration of physician associates (PAs) into ophthalmology as a means of expanding the ophthalmic workforce while ...
Yu Jeat Chong, Matthew Azzopardi, Darren S. J. Ting   +2 more
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Physician associates advance patient safety. [PDF]

Future Healthc J, 2021
As the physician associate (PA) profession grows and awareness about the role increases, it is important to understand how PAs promote patient safety. In this article, we explore the current literature regarding the contribution of PAs to patient safety, considering their training, day-to-day clinical work and influence on recognised factors that ...
Chenevert L, Bascombe K.
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Comparing physician associates and foundation year two doctors-in-training undertaking emergency medicine consultations in England: a mixed-methods study of processes and outcomes [PDF]

BMJ Open, 2020
Objectives To compare the contribution of physician associates to the processes and outcomes of emergency medicine consultations with that of foundation year two doctors-in-training.Design Mixed-methods study: retrospective chart review using 4 months ...
Simon de Lusignan, Mary Halter, Carly Wheeler, Laura Nice, Sally Brearley, James Ennis, Jonathan Gabe, Heather Gage, Phil Begg, Chao Wang, Jim Parle, Vari Drennan   +11 more
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Introducing physician associates to hospital patients: Development and feasibility testing of a patient experience‐based intervention [PDF]

Health Expectations, 2021
Background Physician associates (PAs) are one of many new mid‐level health practitioner roles being introduced worldwide. They are a recent innovation in English hospitals.
Francesca Taylor, Jonathan Ogidi, Rakhee Chauhan, Zeena Ladva, Sally Brearley, Vari M. Drennan   +5 more
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Urology outpatient procedures by physician associates and nurse practitioners [PDF]

BMC Urology
Object Physician associates (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) are distributed across 70 medical and surgical specialties. A central role is to provide outpatient care. Urology is a significant employer of PAs and NPs, but their scope of practice in the
Roderick S. Hooker, Robert E. McKenna
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Characteristics of family medicine physician associates/assistants in the United States [PDF]

BMC Health Services Research
Background The family medicine (FM) workforce in the United States (U.S.) includes physicians, physician associates/assistants (PAs), and nurse practitioners (NPs).
Bethany Grubb, Cynthia F. Griffith, Mirela Bruza-Augatis, Kasey Puckett, Andrzej Kozikowski   +4 more
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Doctors', Patients' and Physician Associates' Perceptions of the Physician Associate Role in the Emergency Department [PDF]

Health Expectations
Introduction The Emergency Department (ED) has seen increased patient attendance and difficulty meeting demands. New healthcare professions such as Physician Associates (PAs) are being utilised to complement the existing medical workforce.
Nicole M. A. King, Suzannah Helps, Yee Gan Ong, Sandra Walker   +3 more
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Patients' acceptance of physician associates. [PDF]

Br J Gen Pract, 2018
We read with interest the study by Jackson et al exploring the barriers and facilitators to integration of physician associates (PAs) into the general practice workforce.1 We have a similar interest given that the first cohort of PAs trained at Newcastle University will graduate in October 2018 and the Northeast of England has a well-known shortage …
Clarke AJ, Alberti H.
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