Physician's Assistant SDN Big Guide Osteopathic Medicine Foreign Medical Schools Naturopathic Medicine Physicians Assistant Nurse practitioner Chiropractic Medicine Podiatry Optometry Physician's Assistant Physician's assistants are licensed health care professionals that have training very similar to a physician. In many cases, they can both prescribe medication and perform medical procedures. PA schools generally take applicants out of college. PA training is usually more condensed, and indeed is about half the amount of time, of MD or DO training.
PAs work almost soley with physicians.
Though they have licenses, they practice under the authority, and liability of, a physician. Physicians assistants can go into all fields, from surgery, to obstetrics, to pediatrics, to family practice, to geriatrics. Admission to PA schools is competative, though generally not as competative as DO or MD school. Inc. All rights reserved. Inc. SDN terms of service.