In a 198 to 68 vote, members of the American Academy of Physician Assistants’ House of Delegates passed a resolution to change the title of physician assistants to “physician associates.”
The title change will officially go into effect after the necessary legislative and regulatory changes are made, according to the organization. Until then, the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) recommends that professionals in the field refrain from using the new title around patients and in work settings.
During its own House of Delegates meeting, the AMA adopted a policy