what do you do as a physician assistant
Some physician assistants make house calls or visit nursing homes to treat patients, reporting back to the physician afterward. Physician assistants are different from medical assistants. Medical assistants do routine clinical and clerical tasks and they do not practice medicine.
A physician assistant working in pediatrics may examine a child and give routine vaccinations. In rural and medically underserved areas, physician assistants may be the primary care providers at clinics where a physician is present only 1 or 2 days per week.