Editing Physician assistant (section)

====Scope of practice (Canada)====
As of 2023 PAs in Canada may:
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Physician assistants resemble and provide many of the functions of physicians. Physician Assistants (PA) are academically prepared health care professionals who provide a broad range of medical services. PAs are physician extenders and not independent practitioners; they work with a degree of autonomy, negotiated and agreed on by the supervising physician(s) and the PA. PAs can work in any clinical setting to extend physician services. PAs complement existing services and aid in improving patient access to health care. A relationship with a supervising physician is essential to the role of the PA. "<ref>{{cite web |title=Canadian Association of Physician Assistants Association canadienne des adjoints au médecin |url=https://capa-acam.ca/about-pas/ |website=web page |access-date=May 13, 2023}}</ref> Physician assistants may be compared to the role of nurse practitioner by the general public and may be confused as the same profession. Nurse practitioners in Canada practice under an advanced nursing model.<ref>{{Cite journal|url=https://www.longwoods.com/content/22268/nursing-leadership/a-historical-overview-of-the-development-of-advanced-practice-nursing-roles-in-canada|title=A Historical Overview of the Development of Advanced Practice Nursing Roles in Canada|first1=Sharon|last1=Kaasalainen|first2=Ruth|last2=Martin-Misener|first3=Kelley|last3=Kilpatrick|first4=Patricia|last4=Harbman|first5=Denise|last5=Bryant-Lukosius|first6=Faith|last6=Donald|first7=Nancy Carter and Alba|last7=DiCenso|date=December 1, 2010|journal=Nursing Leadership (Toronto, Ont.)|volume=23 Spec No 2010 |pages=35–60 |doi=10.12927/cjnl.2010.22268 |pmid=21478686 |doi-access=free}}</ref> Physician assistants practice under a medical model, similarly modeled after medical school (physician) education.<ref>{{Cite web|date=September 2009|title=Canadian Association of Physician Assistants Scope of Practice and National Competency Profile|url=https://capa-acam.ca/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/NCP_en_sept20092.pdf|access-date=2021-04-03|website=capa-acam.ca}}</ref> Nurse practitioners practice within their defined specific scope of practice autonomously and sometimes collaboratively. The defined scopes of a nurse practitioner include the areas of (family care, adults and paediatrics). Physician assistants are permitted to practice in all medical specialties by mirroring the practice of a physician with a full range of skills and scope by practicing both autonomously as a clinician and collaboratively with physicians when required. Some examples of practice areas for physician assistants include (emergency medicine, critical care medicine, cardiology, psychiatry, community and family medicine, neurology, surgery, orthopaedics, internal medicine, oncology, gastroenterology, military medicine, respirology, dermatology, women's health and many more specialities). Physician assistants may perform certain roles which have been traditionally only provided by physicians in clinical practice, making the PA's medical training over other providers unique in this regard.{{Citation needed|date=April 2023}}

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