PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT

Performs primary medical care and clinical duties with the direction of a physician.

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Duties And Responsibilities Open Tab Button Duties And Responsibilities Privileged health care providers who use critical judgment to perform comprehensive health assessments, differential diagnosis, and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments in direct management of acute and chronic illness, injury or disease. Practice is governed by AFI 44-102, Medical Care Management, AFI-44-119, Clinical Performance Improvement and as approved by the facility Credentials Review Committee. Obtains and evaluates medical histories, performs physical examinations, performs therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, and orders laboratory studies and radiographic studies as well as other special examinations. Collects specimens for pathologic examination. Analyzes and interprets data, formulates problem lists, and establishes plans for solution of clinical problems. Counsels patients on medical conditions, expected outcomes, family planning, child care, diet, and other therapeutic preventative health maintenance matters. Makes entries in patient's permanent medical records. Coordinates patient care. Coordinates patient care with other members of health care team. Initiates consultation requests to other health professionals to provide more comprehensive patient management when indicated. Instructs other members of the health care team. Instructs other personnel assigned to health care team on preventive medicine programs and other appropriate medical activities and functions, or as directed by a physician. SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS INFO Specialty Qualifications Open Tab Button Specialty Qualifications Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: anatomy; physiology; emergency medical treatment; surgical techniques; sterilization and aseptic techniques; medical ethics; prescription and administration of drugs; operation of therapeutic and diagnostic equipment; medical terminology; and specialized medical treatments and procedures. Education. For entry into this specialty, graduation from a Physician Assistant training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors and acceptable to the Surgeon General, USAF, is mandatory. Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is required.	UNITS Physician Assistant is available in the following units 109th Airlift Wing Scotia, NY 12302 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 111th Fighter Wing Horsham, PA 19044 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 117th Air Refueling Wing Birmingham, AL 35217 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 119th Wing Fargo, ND 58102 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 120th Fighter Wing Great Falls, MT 59404 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 121st Air Refueling Wing Columbus, OH 43217 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 126th Air Refueling Wing Scott AFB, IL 62225 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 127th Wing Selfridge A N G B, MI 48045 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 129th Rescue Wing Mountain View, CA 94043 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 136th Airlift Wing Fort Worth, TX 76127 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 137th Space Warning Squadron Greeley, CO 80631 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 142nd Fighter Wing Portland, OR 97218 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 144th Fighter Wing Fresno, CA 93727 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 146th Airlift Wing Port Hueneme, CA 93041 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 147th Reconnaissance Wing Houston, TX 77034 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 152nd Airlift Wing Reno, NV 89502 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 154th Wing Hickam AFB, HI 96853 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 157th Air Refueling Wing Newington, NH 03803 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 159th Fighter Wing New Orleans, LA 70143 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 166th Airlift Wing New Castle, DE 19720 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 168th Air Refueling Wing Fairbanks, AK 99701 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 173rd Fighter Wing Klamath Falls, OR 97603 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 182nd Airlift Wing Peoria, IL 61607 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 186th Air Refueling Wing Meridian, MS 39307 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 190th Air Refueling Wing Topeka, KS 66604 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 193rd Special Operations Wing Middletown, PA 17057 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 200th Red Horse Civil Engineering Squadron Port Clinton, OH 43452 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information 150th Wing Kirtland AFB, NM 87117 Unit Info & Careers Get Directions Request Information

Duties And Responsibilities

Privileged health care providers who use critical judgment to perform comprehensive health assessments, differential diagnosis, and prescribe pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatments in direct management of acute and chronic illness, injury or disease. Practice is governed by AFI 44-102, Medical Care Management, AFI-44-119, Clinical Performance Improvement and as approved by the facility Credentials Review Committee. Obtains and evaluates medical histories, performs physical examinations, performs therapeutic and diagnostic procedures, and orders laboratory studies and radiographic studies as well as other special examinations. Collects specimens for pathologic examination. Analyzes and interprets data, formulates problem lists, and establishes plans for solution of clinical problems. Counsels patients on medical conditions, expected outcomes, family planning, child care, diet, and other therapeutic preventative health maintenance matters. Makes entries in patient's permanent medical records. Coordinates patient care. Coordinates patient care with other members of health care team. Initiates consultation requests to other health professionals to provide more comprehensive patient management when indicated. Instructs other members of the health care team. Instructs other personnel assigned to health care team on preventive medicine programs and other appropriate medical activities and functions, or as directed by a physician.

SPECIALTY QUALIFICATIONS INFO

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Knowledge. Knowledge is mandatory of: anatomy; physiology; emergency medical treatment; surgical techniques; sterilization and aseptic techniques; medical ethics; prescription and administration of drugs; operation of therapeutic and diagnostic equipment; medical terminology; and specialized medical treatments and procedures.

Education. For entry into this specialty, graduation from a Physician Assistant training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) or its predecessors and acceptable to the Surgeon General, USAF, is mandatory. Certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is required.