Postgraduate orthopaedic programs for physician assistants (PAs) and nurse practitioners (NPs) number 14 as of 2020. To better understand the characteristics these a census was undertaken. The result is that most are 1 year in duration 2019 produced 40 graduates. role PA NP fellow to gain an understanding wide range musculoskeletal disorders, develop procedural skills, first assist operating ro...

INTRODUCTION Well child care (WCC) is the provision of routine preventative care and vaccinations to infants and children. In Canada, physicians provide the majority of this type of care, whereas in other developed countries, nurses provide most WCC. New models of shared care between nurses and family physicians should be explored. OBJECTIVE This pilot project aimed to evaluate the feasibilit...

Patients can hold physicians directly or vicariously liable for the malpractice of nurse practitioners under their supervision. Restrictive scope-of-practice laws governing nurse practitioners can ease patients' legal burdens in establishing physician liability. We analyze the effect of restrictive scope-of-practice laws on the number of malpractice payments made on behalf of physicians between...

Graham Woodrow (Chair) Renal Physician, St James’s University Hospital, Leeds Titus Augustine Consultant Surgeon, Manchester Royal Infirmary Edwina A Brown Renal Physician, Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Unit, Hammersmith Hospital Mark Cowling Consultant Radiologist, North Staffordshire University Hospitals Nevine El-Sherbini Renal Dietitian, Imperial College Kidney and Transplant Unit,...

CONTEXT Studies have suggested that the quality of primary care delivered by nurse practitioners is equal to that of physicians. However, these studies did not measure nurse practitioner practices that had the same degree of independence as the comparison physician practices, nor did previous studies provide direct comparison of outcomes for patients with nurse practitioner or physician provide...