The Physician's Assistant

Letters and Corrections1 September 1983The Physician's AssistantREIN TIDEIKSAAR, P.A., PH.D.REIN TIDEIKSAAR, P.A., PH.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-99-3-416_1 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptTo the editor: In view of the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee (GMENAC) report that this country will have a surplus of primary care physicians, Cawley and associates (1) present a timely discussion on the alternative employment possibilities for physician's assistants. As the authors state, geriatrics will be one of the areas for use of physician's assistants in the future. Unfortunately, in describing the role of physician's assistants in geriatrics the authors fail to clarify several issues concerning their use as care providers for geriatric patients.The first issue is that of cost. It is not that physician's assistants...Reference1. CAWLEYOTTDEATLEY JJC. The future for physician assistants. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:993-97. LinkGoogle Scholar1. CAWLEYOTTDEATLEY JJC. The future for physician assistants. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:993-7. LinkGoogle Scholar2. TARLOV A. Academic general internal medicine. Ann Intern Med. 1982;96:239-40. LinkGoogle Scholar3. PLESS I. Implementing research findings: who is responsible? Can Med Assoc J. 1982;126:345-6. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. LEHOTAYDUGASLEVEY DMG. A program for training physician-investigators. J Med Educ. 1982;57:602-8. MedlineGoogle Scholar1. CAWLEYOTTDEATLEY JJC. The future of physician assistants. Ann Intern Med. 1983;98:993-7. LinkGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: One Jefferson Avenue, D7; Rockville Centre, NY 11570 PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1983Volume 99, Issue 3Page: 416-416KeywordsForecastingGeriatricsGraduate medical educationPrimary care physicians Issue Published: 1 September 1983 PDF downloadLoading ...