Here are the top 10 practice areas for certified physician assistants, according to the 2013 Statistical Profile of Certified Physician Assistants, a report by National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants:
• Family medicine/general practice — 20.5 percent
• Surgical subspecialties — 19.1 percent
• Emergency medicine — 13.9 percent
• Internal medicine subspecialties — 7.7 percent
• Internal medicine-general practice — 5.4 percent
• Dermatology — 4.3 percent
• Hospital medicine — 2.8 percent
• Pediatrics — 1.9 percent
• OB/GYN — 1.5 percent
• Urology — 1.5 percent
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