In the August 1, 2014 edition of US News and World Report, Wayne State University Physician Assistant Program Director, John McGinnity talks about the specialized care physician assistants (PA's) provide to their patients.

"You name me a medical specialty, and I'll tell you a PA who's in it," says John McGinnity, president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. Flexibility is a key attribute of the physician assistant, he says. PAs are trained and nationally certified as generalists, and with quickly changing medical advancements, they're continually updating their education and skills to provide safe, quality care. He says PAs are a boon to the health care workforce, not only in underserved rural areas, but in urban and suburban hospitals and everywhere else in between. "We can't train enough PAs for the job market," says McGinnity, director of the PA program at Wayne State University in Detroit. "The demand is high; the job market is good - because it's cost-effective care."

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