Assistant physicians are, in short, apprentice physicians, a common way to train physicians before the modern era of residency programs.

As they do so, states are looking to Missouri, which has nearly a decade of experience with these new “assistant physicians.” Before Missouri passed this legislation, all medical students who did not ...

The two Senate bills creating licenses for assistant physicians also contained other public health measures. One extends Missouri’s Rx prescription drug program until August 2017.

In an effort to solve its physician shortage, Missouri plans to expand its first-in-the-nation law that will allow medical school graduates who didn’t get spots in residency programs to work as ...

Physician assistants have a bachelor’s degree and complete a physician assistant training program, which averages 27 months and includes 2,000 hours of clinical work in different specialties ...

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) _ Missouri has begun accepting applications from people hoping to work as “assistant physicians” under a 2014 law intended to address a shortage of doctors. The… ...

After the Missouri legislature created a category of physician licensure to curb primary care physician shortages in rural areas, researchers are concerned these assistant physicians’ low first ...

A medical school with roots in Missouri and Arizona has started accepting applications again for its inaugural students in a new Central Coast physician assistant training program already delayed ...

Created to address clinical staffing shortages in underserved areas, the assistant physician role is also designed to employ medical school graduates who have not matched into a residency program ...

Senate Bill 514 will allow physician assistants to practice with more physician collaboration and less physician supervision. A new law passed in Missouri will allow physician assistants (PAs) to ...