[quote name='Ravenstorture' date='15 July 2010 - 03:48 AM' timestamp='1279180100' post='697326']
Hey cool, our state is trialling the position of Physician's assistants as well - they've shipped a few hundred over from the states for the trial. However it's just a trial, and unsure as to whether the position will even be available, and my uni is running a two year physician's assistant course at the cost of an arm and a leg, without any guarantee at a job at the other end! Rather greedy, I would think.
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The only trials I know about is the changing of the name of the profession from Physician Assistant to Physician Associate. The profession is over 60 years old and its evolved quite a bit and "assistant" seems a rather narrow titles. The scope of practice is much larger. The future aspect of the career seem to be good, its rapidly expanding and PAs are high in demand. And with the health care bill kicking into effect down the road I see the medical field expanding along with the demand for PAs. Well I live in NYC and as far as I'm concerned, its a secure career and investment.