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Where PAs (physician assistants) work

• Emergency department

  Seeing lower-acuity patients start to finish, with a doctor reviewing.

• Surgery

  First assistant in the operating room, plus pre-op and post-op care.

• Family practice

  Extending a family doctor's roster. The fastest-growing area.

• Orthopedics and fracture clinics

  Casts, follow-ups, injections.

• Psychiatry and internal medicine

  Ward rounds and follow-up clinics.