physician extender

A popular term for a trained health professional who provides quasi-autonomous health care under a particular physician's license Examples Physician assistant, nurse practitioner, etc. See Physician assistant, Nurse, Nurse practitioner.

phy·si·cian ex·tend·er

(fi-zish'ŭn eks-ten'dĕr) A specially trained and licensed person who performs tasks that might otherwise be performed by physicians themselves, under the direction of a supervising physician. Examples include nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

Patient discussion about physician extender

Q. What is a physician assistant? What are the differences betwwen it and MD? My son want to be a doctor (MD). I think it might be to hard for him. I know that there is something called physician assistant can someone elaborate more about this profession? A. physician assistant are just like full doctors except they need a MD to sign some of the forms they have.
You can see more about the academic program here
http://paprogram.mc.duke.edu/

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单词	physician extender
释义	physician extender physician extender A popular term for a trained health professional who provides quasi-autonomous health care under a particular physician's license Examples Physician assistant, nurse practitioner, etc. See Physician assistant, Nurse, Nurse practitioner. phy·si·cian ex·tend·er (fi-zish'ŭn eks-ten'dĕr) A specially trained and licensed person who performs tasks that might otherwise be performed by physicians themselves, under the direction of a supervising physician. Examples include nurse practitioners and physician assistants. Patient discussion about physician extender Q. What is a physician assistant? What are the differences betwwen it and MD? My son want to be a doctor (MD). I think it might be to hard for him. I know that there is something called physician assistant can someone elaborate more about this profession? A. physician assistant are just like full doctors except they need a MD to sign some of the forms they have. You can see more about the academic program here http://paprogram.mc.duke.edu/ More discussions about physician extender
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