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Demand for physician assistants has increased, as they are capable of practicing medicine at roughly the same level as a full-fledged physician, but at a much lower cost - Brian Burnsed
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The Physician Assistant Will See You
Flora Traub is a 37-year-old mother of three with a master’s in public policy from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government. But after years as a policy analyst, she found herself reflecting on her undergraduate premedical studies and the happy year she spent in AmeriCorps Community HealthCorps after college. She decided she wanted a new career, in medicine, but not as a doctor.
“I wouldn’t dream of medical school,” said Ms. Traub, who entered Boston University’s physician assistant training program this year. “Seven years of training and residency? I don’t want that much time away from my kids.” Another reason: “Doctors just seem to be running all the time, all day long.”
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