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Summary: A physician assistant is required to complete a bachelor's degree, have several years of work experience and then complete a physician assistant two-year program. Learn how to become a physician's assistant with tips from a medical administrator in this free video on career information.
Mark MacBayne, with a Master of Public Health degree, is a practice manager at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. MacBayne is in charge of interviewing and...read more
"A physician assistant is much like a nurse practitioner; in that they can practice much like an independent physician would, under a physician's supervision. A to become a physic, a physician's assistant, you must first complete your bachelor's degree, a four year course of study at a college or university. After completing your bachelor's degree, typically, some work experience is required before admit, before being admitted to a physician assistant, or PA program. The PA program itself is typically an additional two years of study past your bachelor's degree. It is during this course of study that you will learn the clinical skills required for you to practice medicine, or practice in the med par, as part of the medical care team. Upon completing your course of study as a PA, you must take a state licensing exam, and after you have completed your licensing exam you're ready to practice as a physician's assistant, working on part of the care team with the physicians and nurses."