Some of those physicians want to see and hear about every detail on every patient, and others recognize that I've been in practice for 10 years and have successfully managed thousands of cases. And, not all of them have been 'boo-boo' care. State law and regulation also plays a large part in the design and conduct of practice. I know that some in EM think that we are a threat to jobs. Most of the EM workforce studies don't show steady state for many years to come in even the big cities, much less out where I live.
PAs can make a real difference in the staff salary budgets.
My productivity numbers more than repay my salary and benefits. Paul, This is interesting data. That is why California Healthline published it in the 1st place. I think that this is the 1st time I see published numbers telling us how many PAs are in practice and describing the growth of the profession. Perhaps you could give us all an idea about how many of them end up in Emergency Medicine and the requirements that they go through to go down that route in career selection.