Physician Assistants are licensed health care professionals who practice in primary care, ambulatory, emergency, inpatient, outpatient, and long-term care settings. Physician Assistants deliver health care services to diverse patient populations with acute to chronic medical and surgical conditions. Services performed by Physician Assistants while practicing with physician supervision include but are not limited to the following: eliciting patient histories; performing physical examinations; ordering, performing, and interpreting diagnostic/therapeutic procedures; implementing and monitoring patient management plans for medical and surgical conditions; counseling patients to include prescribed therapeutic regimens; and facilitating the referral of patients in the provision of continuity of care. Physician Assistants may also practice as an academician, researcher, and administrator.