Editing Physician assistant (section)

==Nomenclature==

The occupational title of physician assistant and physician associate originated in the United States in 1967 at [[Duke University]]. The role has been adopted in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Republic of Ireland, Netherlands, Australia, New Zealand, India, Israel, Bulgaria, Myanmar, Switzerland, Liberia, Ghana, and by analogous names throughout Africa, each with their own nomenclature and education structure. In Malawi they are called clinical officers. Most of them study clinical medicine at the Malawi College of Health Sciences and other colleges within the country

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! Jurisdiction !! Title !! Abbreviation !! Test !! Certifying Authority
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| United States || Physician Associate/Physician Assistant || PA-C || Physician Associate National Certification Exam ||National Commission on Certification of Physician Associates<ref name=aapa>{{citation|url=https://www.aapa.org/title-change|title=PA Title Change Investigation|work=American Academy of Physician Associates}}</ref> with accompanying state-level certification.
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| Canada || Canadian Certified Physician Assistant || CCPA || Entry to Practice Examination || Physician Assistant Certification Council of Canada<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://capa-acam.ca/paccc/elgibility/|title=Certification Exam Eligibility|website=CAPA - ACAM}}</ref> with accompanying provincial  certification
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| United Kingdom || Physician Associate || PA-R || Physician Associate National Certification Examination || Royal College of Physicians<ref name=UK>{{Cite web|url=https://www.fparcp.co.uk/examinations/overview/|title=The Physician Associate National Examinations|publisher=Faculty of Physician Associates|website=www.fparcp.co.uk}}</ref>
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| Republic of Ireland || Physician Associate || PA || none || none
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| Kenya || [[Clinical officer]] || CO || Clinical Officers Licensing Examination || [[Clinical Officers Council]]
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| South Africa || Clinical Associate<ref>World Health Organization. ''Classifying health workers''. Geneva, WHO, 2010.</ref> || ||
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| Malaysia || [[Assistant Medical Officer]] || || || Malaysia Medical Assistant Board (Lembaga Pembantu Perubatan Malaysia)
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| India || "Physician Assistant"& "Physician Associate" Both are now known as "Physician Associate"(NCAHP ACT 2021, Government of India) || PA || National common Entry and Exit Examination. || https://ncahp.abdm.gov.in/
NCAHP, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Government of India.
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| Germany || Physician Assistant || PA || None || None<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Heistermann |first1=Peter |last2=Lang |first2=Tamika |last3=Heilmann |first3=Claudia |last4=Tanja |first4=Meyer-Treschan |journal=JAAPA|date=June 2022 |title=A brief introduction to PAs in Germany| volume=35 |issue=6 |pages=52–55 |doi=10.1097/01.JAA.0000830208.07114.a0 |pmid=35617477 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/361009404 |access-date=28 December 2024}}</ref>
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| China || [[Assistant doctor (China)|Assistant Doctor]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Archived copy|url=http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b6fe1b10.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609200938/http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/pdfid/4b6fe1b10.pdf|archive-date=2016-06-09|access-date=2012-12-05}}</ref> || || ||
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| [[Papua New Guinea]]||[[Health Extension Officer]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Divine Word University|url=http://www.dwu.ac.pg/faculties/fhs/he/bhs.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101128014328/http://dwu.ac.pg/faculties/fhs/he/bhs.html|archive-date=2010-11-28|access-date=2011-09-07}}</ref> || || ||
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| Former [[Soviet Union]] || [[Feldsher]]<ref name="isco08">{{Cite web|title=ISCO - International Standard Classification of Occupations|url=http://www.ilo.org/public/english/bureau/stat/isco/isco08/index.htm|access-date=2019-02-05|website=Ilo.org}}</ref>|| || ||
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| Israel || Physician Assistant<ref name=JAAPA-israel/> || PA-R || ||
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