| With about seventy-five thousand physician assistant | | | | clinic or public schools |
| jobs filled during 2008, and the increasing demand for | | | | - your position is only part-time and you want to also |
| people qualified to do these jobs, it is still possible to | | | | do the same work through the military as a reservist |
| hold more than one. In fact, about fifteen percent of | | | | The reality is that only half of the existing physician |
| PA work in more than one PA job at a time. The | | | | assistant jobs are held in doctor's offices or clinics. |
| reasons for this should be looked at first before you | | | | Many other positions are also available part-time |
| consider accepting more than one. | | | | through hospitals, specialized clinics, outpatient type |
| These jobs are very lucrative and constantly growing | | | | centers, health organizations, government departments, |
| with new technology and methods for treatment, not | | | | private colleges/universities and surgical units. In larger |
| all of these jobs are full-time. Therefore it is not | | | | organizations, depending on the patient load and the |
| uncommon for practicing physician assistants to have | | | | doctor that is supervising, especially if that doctor is a |
| to currently take on two positions, whether with the | | | | consultant or takes special patient referrals, some |
| same doctor or by assisting two. However, there are | | | | positions may be full-time. However, as the demand |
| other ways that you can hold down more than one of | | | | for physician assistants continues to grow dramatically, |
| these jobs: | | | | finding part-time positions where it is possible for you |
| - the position is only part-time and you want to work | | | | to do more than one physician assistant job may |
| on call for whichever doctor needs you locally | | | | become harder as doctors and surgeons are |
| - your position is only part-time and you can get | | | | stretched even further by patient demands. |
| part-time work with a medical training centre, private | | | | |