Assistant physician

Not to be confused with Physician assistant.

In the United States, an assistant physician (AP) is a medical doctor or doctor of osteopathic medicine who has graduated from a four-year medical school program and is licensed to practice, in a limited capacity, under the supervision of a physician who has completed their residency. In 2020 the AP licences were authorized and issued in Missouri, Kansas, Arizona, Utah, and Arkansas.[1] By 2024 the program has also passed into effect in Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Tennessee and Texas.[2] To be licensed, APs must have graduated from medical school and passed the USMLE Step 1 and USMLE Step 2 Clinical Knowledge exams.[3] The expansion of the AP profession aims to provide primary care in underserved areas.[3][4] The position also provides a career pathway for the increasing number of unmatched physician graduates.[5]

In the United Kingdom, before the establishment of the National Health Service in 1948, an AP was a junior physician attached to a hospital.[6][7]

## References

1. ↑ "AAFP Backgrounder - Scope of Practice: Assistant Physicians". January 1, 2020. https://www.aafp.org/dam/AAFP/documents/advocacy/workforce/scope/BKG-Scope-AssistantPhysicians.pdf.
2. ↑ https://www.goldwaterinstitute.org/policy-report/removing-barriers-for-associate-physicians-to-expand-healthcare-access/ Goldwater Institute: Policy Report:Removing barriers for Associate Physicians to expand healthcare access.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lieb, David A. (May 14, 2017). "Missouri targets doctor dearth, expands first-in-nation law" (in en). AP News. https://apnews.com/article/id-55c5cd4f30064140a1ac8917739ce1e5.
4. ↑ Singer, Jeffrey (May 18, 2023). "One simple fix for the primary care shortage: assistant physicians". STAT. https://www.statnews.com/2023/05/18/assistant-physicians-missouri-law/.
5. ↑ Van Way, Charles W III (May–June 2021). "Are Assistant Physicians a Good Idea? Should We Create Jobs for Unmatched Physicians?". Missouri Medicine 118 (3): 179–181. PMID 34149069.
6. ↑ Abel-Smith 1964, p. 7.
7. ↑ Peterson 1978, pp. 137, 160, 162.

### Works cited

* Abel-Smith, Brian (1964). The Hospitals, 1800-1948: A Study in Social Administration in England and Wales. Harvard University Press. https://books.google.com/books?id=s-kgAAAAMAAJ.
* Peterson, M. Jeanne (1978). The Medical Profession in Mid-Victorian London. Berkeley, California: University of California Press. ISBN 978-0-520-03343-6. https://archive.org/details/medicalprofessio0000pete_b7h1/. Retrieved July 25, 2024.

## External links

* Association of Medical Doctor Assistant Physicians

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