title: Integrating physician assistants into the practice setting.
abstract: The role of anaesthetic practitioner was established in England using the National Anaesthesia Practitioner Curriculum Framework (Department of Health 2005) and is now being adopted in Scotland. This article reports part of a 29-month evaluation of the first two cohorts of physician assistant (anaesthesia) students as they progressed through their education programme, and discusses the management of integrating this role in clinical practice.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Health, Life and Social Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University.
authors.forename: Morag
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gray
authors.forename: Fiona
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: Dermot
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McKeown
authors.forename: Jayne
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Donaldson
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hendry
authors.forename: Lucie
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: Julie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Scholes
mesh_terms: D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003479:Curriculum; D004059:Diffusion of Innovation; D004500:Education, Graduate / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D015399:Nursing Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000523:psychology; D009871:Operating Room Nursing; D009936:Organizational Innovation; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000193:education / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology; D024382:Professional Role / Q000523:psychology; D015397:Program Evaluation; D012606:Scotland; D012951:Socialization; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration; D000078329:Workforce