Optimal team practice: Keeping PAs competitive in the marketplace

For more than a year, physician assistants (PAs) have engaged in a rich dialogue about our future. This article is a precursor to broader discussions at this year's AAPA conference in Las Vegas. The final Joint Task Force proposal for optimal team practice emphasizes the profession's desire to continue to work closely in teams with physicians, while relieving PAs, physicians, and employers from requirements to have or report a physician relationship for the PA to practice.