The Launch of the Physician Associate Physician shortages in the healthcare industry have been an ongoing issue for decades. In 1965 Eugene A. Stead MD, Duke University Medical Center created the first Physician Assistant (PA) class to alleviate them. That first class consisted of four Navy hospital corpsmen who were medically trained. The PA training...
A lot has changed since COVID hit the world three years ago -and we’re still not clear how and when the pandemic will end. It has impacted people’s lives, livelihood, and general health. While it has affected all sectors of the population, healthcare workers were among the worst hit. Burnout, depression, and trauma have become...