title: Communication is key to the MD-PA team.
authors.affiliation: Erik C. Summers is vice chair of internal medicine, associate chief medical officer, medical director of bed management, and a hospitalist in the Section on Hospital Medicine at Wake Forest Baptist Health in Winston-Salem, N.C. The author has disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
authors.forename: Erik C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Summers
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010823:Physician Assistants / Q000523:psychology*; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*