Physician Assistants/Associates in Critical Care: A Descriptive Analysis Using the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants Dataset.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Little is known about the size, trajectory, and practice characteristics of the physician assistant/associate (PA) workforce specializing in critical care. The demand for critical care service delivery is growing, and the supply of physician critical care specialists is not fully meeting this demand. The purpose of this research is to describe the characteristics of PAs in critical care medicine.

Design

Descriptive cross-sectional analysis.

Setting

"PA Professional Profile" 2023 survey instrument from the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants.

Subjects

PAs who have identified their role in critical care medicine.

Interventions

Dataset regarding demographics, practice characteristics, income, and retention for the study

SUBMITTER: Hunton RW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11957654 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature