St. Scholastica starting physician assistant program The launch of a physician assistant graduate program in Duluth "is going to be part of the solution" to a shortage of doctors, particularly in ...

Nazareth University is enrolling its first cohort into its new physician assistant master's program.Physician Assistants are ...

In contrast to the many years of post-undergraduate training required for a career as a doctor, completing a physician assistant graduate program takes about 27 months.

Assmus' next duty station is Fort Stewart, Ga., and Gang's is Fort Polk, La. The Army initiated a training program for physician assistants in 1972. Currently there are more than 500 active duty PAs.

Physician assistants serve as the primary medical provider to Soldiers in battalion and division level units and are responsible for unit medical readiness and training medics.

Why does Jay Peterson, who heads the physician assistant program at Eastern Michigan University, say "interest in the PA profession has exploded"? Upon launching in May, EMU's program received ...