Perceptions of frontline providers on the appropriate qualifications for battalion level care in United States Army ground maneuver forces.
Objectives: The U.S. Army emplaces physician assistants (PAs) in its maneuver battalions. When contingencies arise, clinic-based physicians join them to augment capability. Because both entities operate similarly, the policy permits a comparison of perceptions of optimal skill sets for the battalion...
| Publicado en: | Military Medicine Vol. 176; no. 12; pp. 1369 - 1376 |
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| Formato: | research Journal Article |
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Oxford University Press / USA
Dec2011
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