In the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., Rachel Rana is a former research program leader, Melinda Blazar and Quincy Jones are assistant professors, and Rita Butterfield is a research program leader. Christine M. Everett is an associate professor in the PA program in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. Perri Morgan is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and a professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. This project was funded in part by a grant award from the Don Pederson Research Grants Program of the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) in Washington, D.C., and from the Faculty Research Grant of the PAEA. Funding of this project does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the findings of this research report. The authors have disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
JAAPA. 2020 Jul;33(7):38-43. doi: 10.1097/01.JAA.0000668820.22981.be.
The objective of this project was to evaluate demand for PAs by examination of job postings. We compared proportions of PAs in primary care with proportions of job postings in primary care in 2014 and 2016 and described job postings for PAs by specialty in 2014 and 2016.
Internet job postings for PAs supplied by Burning Glass Technologies were evaluated for practice specialty. Job postings were compared with existing filled positions by specialty as reported by the National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants.
In both years, more than 25% of PAs in practice were in primary care and fewer than 20% of job openings were in primary care. More than half of postings were in medical and surgical subspecialties.
Our findings provide insights into which specialties have emerging high demand for PAs. The demand for PAs appears to remain much stronger for specialty jobs than for primary care jobs.
本项目旨在通过职位发布来评估对医师助理的需求。我们比较了 2014 年和 2016 年初级保健中医师助理的比例与初级保健中职位发布的比例，并描述了 2014 年和 2016 年医师助理的专业职位发布情况。
评估了 Burning Glass Technologies 提供的医师助理在线职位发布信息，以了解其专业实践情况。将职位发布情况与国家医师助理认证委员会报告的现有专业填补职位进行了比较。
在这两年中，超过 25%的在职医师助理从事初级保健工作，而不到 20%的职位空缺在初级保健领域。超过一半的职位发布在医学和外科亚专业。
我们的研究结果提供了对哪些专业领域对医师助理有新的高需求的深入了解。与初级保健工作相比，对医师助理的需求似乎在专业工作中仍然强劲得多。
