Episode description

Panel Beater, Dr Living and Dr Neo speak to Dr Elise Witter, Chair of the Commitee of Doctors in Training about the rise of Physician assistant roles in Australian healthcare services.

Exploring Dr Witter's recently published article for MJA Insight+ "Physician Assistants: Help or Harm?" the team explore the qualifications (or lack thereof) of PAs, how they've been adopted into the Queensland healthcare landscape and some of the impacts of PAs in both the United States and British medical systems.