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Youth
Place of practice
- Hospital laboratories
- Private laboratories
- Doctors' offices
- Clinics
- Emergency rooms
- Blood donor centers.
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Educational requirements
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PAs are trained in intensive education programs accredited
by the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
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Upon graduation, physician assistants take a national
certification examination developed by the National Commission on
Certification of physician assistants in conjunction with the National
Board of Medical Examiners.
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To maintain their national certification, PAs must
log 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years and
sit for a re-certification every six years.
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Graduation from an accredited physician assistant
program and passage of the national certifying exam are required for
state licensure.
Professional organizations:
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