From Primary Care to Specialization: How PAs Make a Specialty Switch
From Primary Care to Specialization: How PAs Make a Specialty Switch
Physician assistants (PAs) are educated as generalists — with the ability to switch medical specialties during their career. Andrzej Kozikowski, PhD, senior director of research at the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA), said that having that kind of career flexibility is often a motivating factor for students who pursue the PA path.