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Do PAs change specialties during their careers?
JAAPA, 07/30/09

Dehn RW – Physician assistants are unique among health care professionals in that they have the ability to change clinical specialties throughout their careers. Health care workforce researchers have considered this characteristic of PA practice to be valuable because it enables PAs to respond quickly to changes in workforce demand. A critical question, however, is whether PAs actually change specialties during their careers. Three presentations from the 2009 AAMC Physician Workforce Research Conference address this issue...With this persuasive evidence demonstrating that specialty mobility is a common characteristic of PA practice, additional research should be undertaken to better understand its impact on the profession and the health care system.

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