Abstract Background Physician assistants/associates (PAs) are a recent innovation in acute
hospital teams in England and many other countries worldwide. Although existing evidence …

Background Physician associates are new to English general practice and set to expand in
numbers. Objective To investigate the patients' perspective on consulting with physician …

OBJECTIVE: To explore the communicative behaviours as used by specialty physicians, and
their patients' perception of the communicative act as well as their satisfaction with the …

Background As the role of the physician assistant/associate grows globally, one question is:
what is the level of patient satisfaction with PAs? Driven by legislative enactments to improve …

Background: The physician associate (PA) role was piloted in Dublin, Ireland between 2015
and 2017. However, the concept of a PA and the acceptance of their role in Ireland had not …

Background: Increasing demand for hospital services and staff shortages has led NHS
organisations to review workforce configurations. One solution has been to employ …

Background: With increased emphasis on improving the patient experience, clinicians are
being asked to improve their patient-centered communication behaviors to improve patient …

Improving patient satisfaction is a major focus of hospitals. Patient satisfaction could be
driven by patient perception of hospital team communication with their primary care …

OBJECTIVE: To assess the feasibility of studying physician–patient communication in the
acute care setting. METHODS: We recruited hospitalist physicians and patients from two …

Background Improving the quality of care of at the medical primary-secondary care interface
is both a national and a wider concern. In a qualitative exploration of clinicians' relationship …