US Army Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas, USA.
Royal Centre for Defence Medicine, Birmingham, UK
BMJ Mil Health. 2021 Feb;167(1):56-58. doi: 10.1136/jramc-2019-001298. Epub 2020 Feb 3.
Physicians assistants (PAs) are being increasingly utilised by the US Armed Forces both in homeland medical treatment provision as well as while on deployment. In a deployed environment, the USA has the flexibility to interchange doctors with specialty-trained PAs in all roles of care due to their ability to practice autonomously, thereby filling shortfalls created by the lack of specialty physicians. PAs are increasingly being utilised within the UK National Health Service, in similar roles to their US counterparts. This paper postulates that PAs have an equivalent role to play in the future of medical care provision within the UK Defence Medical Services, including on military operations.
医师助理（PA）在美国武装部队中的应用日益广泛，无论是在国内医疗服务提供方面，还是在部署期间。在部署环境中，由于美国医师助理能够自主执业，因此具有将医生与接受过专业培训的医师助理互换的灵活性，可以填补因缺乏专科医生而造成的空缺。在英国国民保健制度中，医师助理的使用也越来越多，其角色与美国同行相似。本文推测，在英国国防医疗服务中，包括军事行动在内，医师助理将在未来的医疗服务提供中发挥同等作用。
