A physician's assistant plays a big role in the medical field. Many people think that physician's assistants are people who could not become a physician, but that is usually a false statement. Many people become a physician's assistant instead of a physician so that they always have someone to fall back on if they do something wrong. This profession began in the mid-1960's, which wasn't all that long ago(P.A. Occupational). Physicians' assistant may treat a lot of the patients."Many health-care analysts believe that physician's assistant, who typically deliver quality routine health care less expensive than doctors (P.A. Occupational). Being a Physicians Assistant requires long hours, strenuous activity, and lots of training; however, the rewards outweigh the difficulties.
             A physician's assistant is someone who is a licensed health professional who works under the supervision of a physician. They know about 80% of what a physician knows(P.A. Colby). Physicians' assistants are trained to take medical history, look at x-rays, examine and treat patients, treat minor injures, also order laboratory tests and interpret them too (P.A. Occupational). Physicians' assistants can prescribe medicine to their patients in most cases (P.A. Occupational). Physicians usually have the physicians assistants make their house calls if they are only minor sicknesses(P.A. Occupational). Also they go up to the hospital to check on patients and afterwards they report back to the physician on how the patient is doing(P.A. Occupational). Physicians assistant also assist the physician when he or she is going into a surgery that is extensive(P.A. Occupational). There are many different fields such as general and thoracic surgery, family medicine, general internal medicines, pediatrics emergency medicine, orthopedics, and geriatrics(Farr and Lunden 378) . Physicians assistants usually work around forty hours...