The Need to Increase Physician Assistant Numbers in Iowa

The numbers are...in a word, scary, as more and  more physicians assistants enter retirement. Meet Dr. Thomas Gruca from the University of Iowa Tippie College of Business as we talk about a recent study that looked at who is providing health care in Iowa, where the needs are and what colleges and universities are doing to address what is sure to be looming shortage of physicians assistants.

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