Objective:
Employment analyses demonstrate that physician assistants (PAs) exhibit role flexibility in US medicine. The next step in understanding this labor-shifting observation is to know at what career stage it first occurs.
Methods:
Using matriculate data linked to the American Academy of PAs (AAPA) census survey data, a longitudinal analysis of seven graduate cohorts revealed that one-third of PAs changed specialty roles at least once during their first decade of employment.
Results:
From this series, it appears that new PAs spend about 3.4 years in their first job, on average, before they decide to move to another medical or surgical field. In examining PAs who changed their clinical role during this time period, 28% shifted from primary care to another medical or specialty role. Overall, the PA career movement to nonprimary care specialties increased substantially.
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A national survey of more than 20,000 physician assistants outlined work disruptions and COVID-19 specialty changes, yet many respondents said they do not believe the pandemic will have a negative impact on the profession. (Getty/wmiami)
Physician assistants were among the healthcare staff impacted by COVID-19 disruptions, with nearly one in eight who are still in the field reporting furloughs and more than half experiencing increased feelings of burnout, according to a new national survey.
More than 96% of the physician assistants (PAs) polled by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) said they were still employed in a clinical position several months into the pandemic.
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