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#1. The correct title is Physician Assistant (PA for short); we have a collaborative relationship with a physician, but we do not belong to the physician. #2 We are nothing like a nurse; we are trained in the medical model, with a curriculum which essentially compresses the 4 years of medical school in 2.5 (we typically don't get the grounding in embryology or histology that comes with med school). #3. What does distinguish the physician and the physician assistant is the intensive residency that physicians complete after medical school, whereas most PAs enter directly into the workforce and hone their clinical skills under the tutelage of their colloborating physician.