Communication is key to the MD-PA team

Summer relates how he saw through his father who is a doctor what physician assistants could accomplish: the ability to flex to all areas of medicine, the capacity to maximize responsibilities through strong mentorship, and the ability to positively affect patient care. After 15 years of working with PAs and PA students at ECU, the Mayo Clinic, and Wake Forest University, he identified core building blocks that he believes are essential to developing a productive MD-PA relationship. First is the structure of the relationship.