Surgical PA Careers

According to CNN.com and Forbes.com, the PA profession ranked as the 4^th fastest growing profession in 2007.

What's more - surgical PAs are the FASTEST GROWING segment of PAs with nearly 50% of new PA grads entering a surgical field.

Employment Outlook

The U.S. Department of Labor expects the PA profession to grow significantly over the next several years – much faster than the average for all occupations. The demand for PAs with surgical specialties is especially strong.

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The Growing Surgical PA Profession

Opportunities for the surgical PAs continue to expand, owing to many factors, including:

• Cutbacks in physician surgical residency slots
• Laws requiring reduced resident work hours
• Increased reimbursement for PA surgical services
• Ability of the surgical PA to provide physician/surgeon relief of many routine duties
• Increased surgical PA profession advocacy by organization such as the AASPA

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