Anthony Amoroso MD

 Working within the healthcare field can be personally and financially rewarding. For those who do not wish to attend medical school, becoming a physician assistant is an attractive alternative. As a PA, you will practice medicine under the supervision of a doctor. PAs perform diagnostic, preventative healthcare, and therapeutic services delegated by their monitoring physicians. Becoming a physician assistant requires formal educational training, clinical work, and passing a national exam in order to receive a license. Physician assistant programs require at least two years of full-time attendance, so this is not a career to be entered into on a whim. Those who desire less formal training and limited responsibilities within the doctor’s office may want to instead explore becoming a medical assistant. The first step to becoming a PA is applying to several physician assistant programs and being accepted to at least one. The program should be accredited to provide PA training and it s...

You might be wondering, what a physician assistant (PA) can do other than in the hospital settings. In fact, job opportunities are everywhere for PA's, especially in rural places or inner-city clinics that are facing shortage of physicians. The employment rate of PA's is predicted to grow rapidly as a result of high demand of healthcare services. Most PA's serve in primary care settings - general internal medicine, family medicine and pediatrics, while some others commit themselves in specialty areas such as emergency medicine, general and thoracic surgery, geriatrics and orthopedics.   There are some specific fields for PA's as well.   Bureau of Prisons Physician Assistant   The PA's who work in the prisons will be responsible for the prisoners' health care and diagnosis. PA's will help to observe and evaluate the health condition of the prisoners, as well as to perform physical examinations, and run lab tests for them. This job will need the applicants to ...

The physician assistant profession was introduced in the year 1965, it was the first PA (Physician assistant program) offered by Duke University. The amazing increase in demand for this profession had brought with it with more than 135 training modules in this medical field today. One can easily find increasing numbers of Universities and Schools offering accredited physician assistant degree and bachelor programs which are held in the Universities campus or through online program, as compared to some twenty years ago.   But what are the prerequisites for anyone to become a physician assistant:- 1. Most of the PA program requires its applicants to have at least two years of college education with some relevant working experience in the health care industry. However, more stringent world famous PA degree or bachelor program from renowned Universities would require their candidates to have at least a bachelor degree in any fields with at least 3 to 4 years of working experience...

Working within the healthcare field can be personally and financially rewarding. For those who do not wish to attend medical school, becoming a physician assistant is an attractive alternative. As a PA, you will practice medicine under the supervision of a doctor. PAs perform diagnostic, preventative healthcare, and therapeutic services delegated by their monitoring physicians.   Becoming a physician assistant requires formal educational training, clinical work, and passing a national exam in order to receive a license. Physician assistant programs require at least two years of full-time attendance, so this is not a career to be entered into on a whim. Those who desire less formal training and limited responsibilities within the doctor's office may want to instead explore becoming a medical assistant.   The first step to becoming a PA is applying to several physician assistant programs and being accepted to at least one. The program should be accredited to provide PA t...