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English
Noun
physician extender (plural physician extenders)
- A person who extends a physician's oversight to a larger patient population than would otherwise be reasonable (by relieving the physician of much of the work done for, and time spent with, each patient); physician assistants and nurse practitioners can both provide this extension.
Usage notes
The terms physician extender, mid-level provider, and mid-level practitioner are sometimes deprecated as implicitly deprofessionalizing toward nurse practitioners and physician assistants; whenever the latter (more specific) terms can be gracefully used instead, they not only avoid this connotation but also specify roles more precisely.
References
- ^ Hoyt, K. Sue (2012) “From the editors: why the terms “mid-level provider” and “physician extender” are inappropriate”, in Advanced Emergency Nursing Journal, volume 34, number 2, retrieved 2018-09-18, pages 93-94