> non-medically trained physician associates (PA) This is not always true. I'm not sure what the requirements are, but my wife is a PA and she basically went t

> non-medically trained physician associates (PA) This is not always true. I'm not sure what the requirements are, but my wife is a PA and she basically went through the first year of medical school and did several hospital rotations (similar to what students do in the last 2 years of medical school in the US, as I understand it). To say they're not medically trained seems like an overstatement.