What are physician assistants? Can they fix the doctor shortage?

By Lisa Nissen, HERA Program Director - Health Workforce Optimisation Centre for the Business & Economics of Health, The University of Queensland
Lynda Cardiff, Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Business and Economics of Health, The University of Queensland

If you’ve tried to get an appointment to see a GP or specialist recently, you will likely have felt the impact of Australia’s doctor shortages.

To alleviate workforce shortages, the Queensland government is considering introducing health workers called physician assistants more widely to the state’s health system.

But the…

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