What is the difference between a physician assistant and a rural practitioner?

1 different difficulty in obtaining a license

The rural general practitioner assistant is mainly aimed at grass-roots rural physicians, in order to meet the basic needs of patients in remote areas. So must require a certain amount of practical experience, for the cultural requirements are not too high, so relatively speaking, the difficulty of obtaining a license is not high; but the assistant practitioner is mainly in order to obtain the qualification to participate in the examination of the practitioner, relatively speaking, the difficulty of the examination is higher, want to pass is not easy.

2 different utility

People who have a rural general practitioner's license can engage in the basic practice of medicine in townships and rural areas. The original purpose of this certificate, which was first held for examination in 2016, was to give the majority of rural doctors a way out, but it has some restrictions on the location of practice. Unlike the practicing assistant physicians, not only can they engage in the basic practice of medicine in townships and rural areas, but they can also serve as assistants to the practicing physicians in other areas and perform simple medical-type work under the guidance of the practicing physicians.

3 application conditions are different

The application conditions for the rural general practitioner assistant certificate are needed to work in the township health centers (including staff in the staff, temporary staff) or village health office (with a rural doctor's license, village health office medical unit practice license) for a full 1 year and pass the assessment The entry requirements for practicing assistant physicians are Under the guidance of a licensed physician, under the direction of a licensed physician, in the medical, preventive, and health care unit for a probationary period of one year, may take the licensing examination for practicing assistant physicians. Or to learn traditional medicine in the way of teacher inheritance for three years or after many years of practice of medical expertise, by the relevant departments to determine the professional organization of traditional medicine or medical, preventive, health care units in the assessment of qualified and recommended, you can participate in the qualification examination of licensed medical practitioners or practicing physician qualification examination. As for the provisions in terms of education, the requirements of both are the same, only need to meet the secondary school and above can be.