 Physician Assistants
"Physician Assistants" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
Health professionals who practice medicine as members of a team with their supervising physicians. They deliver a broad range of medical and surgical services to diverse populations in rural and urban settings. Duties may include physical exams, diagnosis and treatment of disease, interpretation of tests, assist in surgery, and prescribe medications. (from http://www.aapa.orglabout-pas accessed 2114/2011)
| Descriptor ID |
D010823
|
| MeSH Number(s) |
M01.526.485.067.740 N02.360.067.740
|
| Concept/Terms |
Physician Assistants- Physician Assistants
- Assistants, Physician
- Physician Assistant
- Physicians' Extenders
- Extender, Physicians'
- Extenders, Physicians'
- Physician Extenders
- Physician's Extenders
- Physicians' Extender
- Doctor's Assistants
- Assistant, Doctor's
- Assistants, Doctor's
- Doctor Assistants
- Doctor's Assistant
- Physicians' Assistants
- Assistant, Physicians'
- Assistants, Physicians'
- Physician's Assistants
- Physicians Assistants
- Physicians' Assistant
|
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Physician Assistants".
Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more specific than "Physician Assistants".
This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Physician Assistants" by people in this website by year, and whether "Physician Assistants" was a major or minor topic of these publications.
To see the data from this visualization as text, click here.
| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
|---|
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2000 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2005 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2006 | 0 | 1 | 1 | | 2008 | 0 | 2 | 2 | | 2009 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2010 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2011 | 1 | 2 | 3 | | 2012 | 1 | 0 | 1 | | 2013 | 3 | 2 | 5 | | 2014 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2017 | 2 | 1 | 3 | | 2018 | 1 | 1 | 2 | | 2019 | 4 | 1 | 5 | | 2020 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2021 | 6 | 0 | 6 | | 2022 | 5 | 0 | 5 | | 2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 | | 2024 | 5 | 1 | 6 | | 2025 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
To return to the timeline, click here.
Below are the most recent publications written about "Physician Assistants" by people in Profiles.
-
Dickerman KN, Chao CA, Rondinelli NM, Brackett HL, Schulte MM, Bowden KR, Burden MA, Chrastil HJ, Morrison KT, Jensen KM, Seggelke SA. Voices from the frontline: Perspectives from certified nurse practitioners, clinical nurse specialists and physician assistants at an Academic Medical Center. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2025 Apr 01; 37(4):219-228.
-
McQuillan MA, Asprey D, Brown D, Quincy B, Snyder JA, Sivahop J. Do Physician Assistant Professional Doctorate Missions and Learning Outcomes Align With the Physician Assistant Professional Competencies? J Physician Assist Educ. 2025 Mar 01; 36(1):e34-e41.
-
Fernandez T, Dougherty K, Sivahop J. Developing Competencies and Milestones: Putting the Pieces Together for Student Success. J Physician Assist Educ. 2024 Dec 01; 35(4):401-405.
-
Westergaard S, Bowden K, Astik GJ, Bowling G, Keniston A, Linker A, Sakumoto M, Schwatka N, Auerbach A, Burden M. Impact of billing reforms on academic hospitalist physician and advanced practice provider collaboration: A qualitative study. J Hosp Med. 2024 Jun; 19(6):486-494.
-
Gallant A, Erdman L, McBeth L, Ngov LK, Misky G. Peer feedback: A tool to improve PA, NP, and physician collaboration and clinical practice. JAAPA. 2024 Mar 01; 37(3):1-4.
-
Snyder J, Alexander LM, Statler M, Straker H, Bowser J, Caruthers K, Murray D, Alesbury E. Time to Pivot: A Guide to Holistic Admissions. J Physician Assist Educ. 2024 Mar 01; 35(1):43-51.
-
Lauritzen H, Post EG, Elwood C. Difficult Conversations: A Collaborative Interprofessional Simulation for Social Work, Athletic Training and Physician Assistant Programs. J Allied Health. 2024; 53(3):175-179.
-
Sivahop J, Denler K. Creating a Guiding Light: Building a Custom Map to Inform Curriculum Design. J Physician Assist Educ. 2023 09 01; 34(3):254-256.
-
Fernandez T, Kaul P. Turning HEADSS: Utilizing Coached Role-Play to Increase Student Self-Efficacy with Adolescent Interviewing Skills. J Physician Assist Educ. 2023 Jun 01; 34(2):152-156.
-
Snyder J, Hills K, Alexander L, Statler M, Straker H, Bowser J, Alesbury E. Meeting the Accreditation Standard for Diversity. J Physician Assist Educ. 2023 Mar 01; 34(1):46-53.
|
People  People who have written about this concept. _
Similar Concepts
People who have written about this concept.
_
Top Journals
Top journals in which articles about this concept have been published.
|