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Results 1 - 10 of 136 for Physician
  1. Physician Assistant profession (PA) 
    HISTORY OF THE PROFESSION The first Physician Assistant (PA) training program was founded in 1965 at Duke University by Dr. Eugene Stead. Programs require applicants to have a bachelor's ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001935.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Doctor of osteopathic medicine 
    A doctor of osteopathic medicine (DO) is a physician licensed to practice medicine, perform surgery, and prescribe ... Like all allopathic physicians (or MDs), osteopathic physicians complete 4 years of medical school and can choose to practice in any specialty of ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/002020.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Doctor of medicine profession (MD) 
    ... in England was divided into three groups: the physicians, the surgeons, and the apothecaries. Physicians were seen as elite. They most often held ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001936.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Types of health care providers 
    ... and family planning. NPs can prescribe medicines. A physician assistant (PA) can provide a wide range of ... and the female urinary tract Nurse practitioners and physician assistants may also provide care in association with ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001933.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Synovial biopsy 
    ... done in the operating room or in the physician's office. There are multiple techniques used for synovial ... If you are having a needle biopsy: The physician (radiologist, orthopedist or rheumatologist) will identify the site ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/003922.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  6. Choosing a primary care provider 
    ... a doctor. However, a PCP may be a physician assistant or a nurse practitioner . Your PCP is ... those of childbearing age. Nurse practitioners (NP) and physician assistants (PA): Practitioners who go through a different ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/001939.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  7. Back pain - returning to work 
    ... patients with chronic low back pain. Am Fam Physician . 2021;103(11):696-697. PMID: 34060781 pubmed. ... back pain and return to work. Am Fam Physician . 2019;100(11):697-703. PMID: 31790184 pubmed. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000517.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  8. Colorectal polyps 
    ... 2023 - May 17, 2023. www.nccn.org/professionals/physician_gls/pdf/colorectal_screening.pdf . Updated May 17, ... Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians, et al. Screening for colorectal cancer in asymptomatic ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/000266.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  9. Orthopedic services 
    ... although they can give joint injections. Sports medicine physicians are doctors with experience in sports medicine. They ... care to active people of all ages. Other physicians that may be a part of the orthopedics ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/article/007455.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  10. Preventing pressure ulcers 
    ... Clinical Guidelines Committee of the American College of Physicians. Treatment of pressure ulcers: a clinical practice guideline from the American College of Physicians. Ann Intern Med . 2015;162(5):370-379. ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/patientinstructions/000147.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
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