Job Description:

Physician's assistant provide primary health care in rural areas where people have little access to doctors, in inner-city clinics where people have little money and in hospitals, private doctor's offices and clinics. Physician's assistants work under the supervision of a physician. However, they may work in a clinic where a physician is present only part-time to confer with them. Physician's assistants may also visit patients at home or in nursing homes. They perform many time-consuming and routine tasks normally done by doctors. They interview patients, take medical histories, give physical examinations, order lab tests, diagnose diseases and prescribe treatment. They give injections, clean and stitch minor wounds, apply splints and remove casts. They may draw blood, take cultures and perform and read skin tests. By doing these tasks for the doctor, physician's assistants allow doctors more time to treat seriously ill patients.