{"id":12888,"date":"2020-10-06T17:44:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:44:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/?p=12888"},"modified":"2020-10-06T17:54:50","modified_gmt":"2020-10-06T21:54:50","slug":"pas-are-essential-celebrating-national-physician-assistant-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.cooperhealth.org\/weeklyrounds\/2020\/10\/pas-are-essential-celebrating-national-physician-assistant-week\/","title":{"rendered":"PAs Are Essential \u2013 Celebrating National Physician Assistant Week"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Suzanne Kline, PA-C<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Every year from October 6 to October 12, Cooper University Health Care recognizes National Physician Assistant (PA) Week and celebrates the many important contributions that PAs make to health care.<\/p><\/div>\n

PAs play an integral role in improving health care access and quality. They provide comprehensive care that emphasizes patient education, preventive care, and chronic care management, and often serve as a patient\u2019s principal health care provider. With thousands of hours of medical training, PAs are versatile and collaborative \u2013 they practice in every medical setting and specialty.<\/p>\n

During the COVID-19 response, PAs have stepped up like never before. They have shown how flexible, adaptable, and collaborative they can be: testing, diagnosing, and treating COVID-19 patients; conducting telemedicine visits; redeploying to different specialties; and continuing to provide health care for those who need it most.<\/p>\n

At Cooper, in addition to their active role in caring for patients during the COVID pandemic, our PAs are a vital part of the clinical team and perform a number of essential duties, including:<\/p>\n