PAAM
Physician Assistants meet general practice
Project overview
The PAAM project is trialling the use of physician assistants - PAs for short - in GP practices. The project is evaluating the extent to which trained PAs can take on medical tasks in GP practices and thus compensate for some of the shortages in GP care.
Further information
- Duration: 01.01.2025 - 30.09.2028
- Funding: This is a cooperation project funded by the Innovation Fund of the Federal Joint Committee (G-BA).
- Overall management:Institute of General Practice at Essen University Hospital (project management: Prof Dr Jürgen in der Schmitten and Alessia Dehnen)
- Responsible: Institute of General Practice and Primary Care (iamag)
- Project partners: In addition to the institutes for general practice in Bochum, Düsseldorf and Witten, other partners include the German Association of Physician Assistants, BARMER and the AOK Bundesverband GbR, the Kassenärztliche Vereinigung Westfalen-Lippe and the Institut für ärztliche Qualität in Schleswig-Holstein gGmbH.
- Further information can be found on the project homepage, in the news and as a download.
Contact us
Alexandra Schmidt
Researcher
Faculty of Health (School of Medicine) | Institute for General Practice and Outpatient Healthcare (iamag)
Alfred-Herrhausen-Straße 48
58455 Witten
Room number: NB-2.037