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Nah. Total PA numbers are increasing in many other developed countries as well, including Canada and much of Europe. We can have a discussion about whether this is a good idea, but first you need to stop lying and making things up.

https://capa-acam.ca/pa-profession/pa-facts

https://www.srh-university.de/de/folder/news/2025/04-25/erst...

https://www.bigregister.nl/over-het-big-register/cijfers/ver...



The only country in Europe where PAs made any significant inroads was the UK, where their most significant role has been abolished.

In Germany and all other countries, PAs are unable to treat patients without direct oversight and they are single digit percentages compared to NPs.

It's clear you have no experience in this area, so I wonder why the need to comment at all?


PAs have to practice under some level of physician oversight pretty much everywhere. That part was never in dispute. But they can offload physicians for some routine primary care cases where a real doctor isn't needed.

The data clearly shows that PA numbers continue increasing in many countries, so obviously they don't consider it a failed experiment and you're just lying to push some kind of personal agenda. It's clear you have no experience in this area, so I wonder why the need to comment at all?




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