Physician assistant vs physician assistant student

Differences between physician assistant and physician assistant student duties and responsibilities

Physician assistant example responsibilities.

• Manage a variety of acute and chronic conditions especially asthma, allergies, injuries, and infectious diseases.
• Manage chronic conditions such as hypertension, diabetes, ASCVD, chronic back and joint pains, depression, and anxiety.
• Manage patient surgical care throughout the continuum of care from pre-op, to discharge planning, including ambulatory and hospital in-patients.
• Attain pertinent history & physicals for obstetrics and gynecological acute and preventative visits.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Aid in the acute management of trauma patients including obtaining appropriate studies, suturing, and CPR.
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Physician assistant student example responsibilities.

• Perform therapeutic procedures by administering injections and immunizations; suturing; managing wounds and infections.
• Work closely with patients to manage their depression and anxiety beginning with initial diagnosis to med-initiation and follow-up care.
• Obtain a detail medical and psychiatry history from each patient.
• Train in current cardiology standards of care and appropriate medications.
• Conduct procedure-based interventions including suturing, incision and drainage, splinting, and administration of local anesthesia.
• Perform well and sick visits, consisting of both comprehensive and focuse history and physical examinations of pediatric patients, respectively.
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