Despite the Underwhelming Title, Physician Assistants....

[joanna.nola]

I thought this was a pretty good description of PAs, which is rare in the media (how many times have you seen that PAs are "more than nurses, less than doctors" or "the Robin to the doctor's batman"?

 

here's the paragraph, but read the whole article at link below:

 

(Despite the somewhat underwhelming title, physician assistant is a formidable job, originally created in order to fast-track highly experienced Vietnam medics into doctor-like roles; the first program, at Duke University, was designed to recreate the fast-track medical training deployed during World War II.)

 

 

http://blogs.wsj.com/ideas-market/2012/07/24/does-becoming-a-doctor-pay-off-for-women/