General surgery physician assistant vs midlevel provider

Differences between general surgery physician assistant and midlevel provider duties and responsibilities

General surgery physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Develop basic surgical skills, such as suturing, retracting of tissue; debridement of wounds.
• Order, perform, and interpret laboratory and radiology test within the scope of professional practice.
• Educate patients on post-operative recovery and discharge needs.
• Evaluate patients for admission from the emergency room and perform inpatient consultations.
• Monitor stress testing; review nuclear component of stress images; conduct cardiology consultations inpatient and outpatient settings.
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Midlevel provider example responsibilities.

• Manage complex treatment regimens following diagnosis with medication alterations to improve overall morbidity and mortality.
• Work with pediatric populations, associate pediatric illness perform suturing orthopedic emergencies fracture care, reduction, splint and cast placement.
• Apply casts and splints to appropriate injuries.
• Monitor post-op incision sites, remove sutures and staples, change dressings, and apply splints, braces and casts.
• Gain experience in specialty areas including cardiology, ENT, dermatology, orthopedics, emergency medicine, and hematology/oncology.