TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe value of physician assistants to surgical education in teaching hospitals
AU  - McMillen MA, West P
Y1  - 1999/04/01
N1  - 10.1001/archsurg.134.4.445
JO  - Archives of Surgery
SP  - 445
EP  - 447
VL  - 134
IS  - 4
N2  - 
SEVERAL MONTHS ago, a commentary appeared in this journal1 estimating the dollar replacement value of surgical residents to community teaching hospitals, and comparing the cost of supporting junior faculty with the cost of replacing surgical residents with physician assistants. Some readers may have misinterpreted the commentary as being anti–physician assistant. In fact, the opposite is true. The author is a strong proponent of increasing the physician assistant participation in patient care in teaching hospitals, and creating mechanisms for the simultaneous training of physician assistants alongside surgical residents.

SN  - 0004-0010
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archsurg.134.4.445
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archsurg.134.4.445
ER  -