Physicians Practice January 22, 2026
A recent survey suggests many physician assistants start practice confident in patient care but less prepared for documentation, insurance hurdles and unclear AI guardrails.
Medical practices hiring physician assistants may need to rethink what “ready on day one” really means and where practice managers should concentrate onboarding time.
A Wolters Kluwer survey of 203 practicing PAs found strong confidence in patient-facing work but weaker readiness for the administrative and technology demands that dominate many clinics. Nearly all respondents (96%) said they felt prepared for patient interactions when they started practicing, but only 80% felt ready for documentation tasks and just 29% said they were “very prepared” for documentation.
For practice managers, the message is less about clinical training and more...
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