Physician assistants are well-represented in primary care practice. AAPA data shows that while PAs practice in more than 60 different specialty fields, 37 percent work in primary care areas of medicine: family/general medicine (26%), general internal medicine (5%), general pediatrics (3%), geriatrics (1%), and obstetrics/gynecology (2%). Read on for additional information and contacts regarding PAs role in each of these primary care practice areas:
Primary Care
Family Medicine
General Internal Medicine
General Pediatrics
Geriatrics
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Primary care
AAPA Issue Brief: PAs in Primary Care
Family Medicine 2008 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report/Family Medicine
Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants
General Internal Medicine 2008 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report/General Internal Medicine
General Pediatrics AAPA Issue Brief: PAs in Pediatrics 2008 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report/General Pediatrics and Pediatric Subspecialties
Society for Physician Assistants in Pediatrics
Geriatrics AAPA Issue Brief: PAs in Geriatrics 2008 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report/Geriatrics
Society of PAs Caring for the Elderly
Obstetrics and Gynecology AAPA Issue Brief: PAs in Obstetrics and Gynecology 2008 AAPA Physician Assistant Census Report/Obstetrics and Gynecology
Association of PAs in Obstetrics & Gynecology
