Current Employment Trends In Health Care Paper
RUNNING HEAD: Current Employment Trends in Health Care Paper
Current Employment Trends in Health Care Paper
Beverly Lisimba
University of Phoenix
HCS 440
Economics: The Financing of Health Care
Jay Christensen
September 15, 2008
The health care industry has seen a decline in the recruitment of medical personnel in the last century. Each day, one can read in newspapers across the nation “Nursing personnel needed, sign on bonus, educational reimbursement, etc.”. There seems to be not enough medical schools available to train or perhaps, financial assistance is a big issue. This paper will look at one of the professions that will help foster improvements in the delivery of service in the healthcare industry, today and beyond.
There was a shortage of primary care physicians during the mid 1960s. Dr. Eugene Stead from Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina started the first class of Physician Assistants (PAs) in 1965. Navy corpsmen, who had no comparable civilian employment, were chosen to receive “considerable medical training during their military service and during the war in Vietnam” (AAPA, 2008). Students who have a desire to study and work hard, and to be of service to their community will be considered for the PA program. Generally, physician assistant programs require applicants to have previous health care experience and some college education. The typical applicant should have a bachelor’s degree and approximately four years of health care experience (AAPA, 2008). Physicians Assistants are considered licensed health care professions employed both in private practice and government agencies. If a PA is to be employed by the federal government, they have to be accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of Physicians Assistant (ARC-PA). Physicians Assistants receives intensive medical...
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