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Rural physician assistants: a survey of graduates of MEDEX Northwest.

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      Graduates of MEDEX Northwest, the physician assistant training program at the University of Washington, were surveyed to describe differences between physician assistants practicing in rural settings and those practicing in urban settings. Differences in demography, satisfaction with practice and community, practice history, and practice content were explored. Of the 341 traceable graduates, 295 (86.5 percent) responded to the mail survey. Although rural- and urban-practicing physician assistants are remarkably similar in most respects--income, hours worked, levels of practice satisfaction, for example--those in rural primary care reported performing a much wider range of medical and administrative tasks than those in urban practice. Half of the physician assistants who grew up in small towns were practicing in rural places compared with 18 percent of those from large towns. The broader scope of practice available to primary care physician assistants in rural areas may be of particular interest to those considering rural careers, to people who train physician assistants, and to rural communities trying to recruit and retain physician assistants. Results also suggest that recruitment of students for rural practice should focus on rural residents. Some problems that rural practitioners are more likely to face than urban ones, such as unreasonable night call schedules and lack of acknowledgement and respect for them as professionals, need to be addressed if rural communities are to be able to attract and retain physician assistants.
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      Public Health Rep. 109(2):266-274 ;
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