Physician assistants: Trialling a new surgical health professional in Australia

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 430-437

  Ho, Phyllis ^a,b   Pesicka, Dawanda ^a   Schafer, Amy ^a   Maddern, Guy ^a,b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Midlevel providers; Physician assistants; Surgery; United States

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EDUCATION; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AUSTRALIA; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953094583     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2010.05311.x     Document Type: Article

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