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Abstract

This research has the purpose of understanding the role and image of the physician assistant perceived by the nurse. Data was collected from October 12, 2015 to October 30, 2015. Data collection involved 170 nurses from three hospitals located in D Metropolitan City and C City that work together with physician assistants. The program SPSS/WIN 22.0 was used for data collection. The results of this study are that the subjects perceive the importance of the role of a physician assistant at an average of 3.14 points , the satisfaction of the role of a physician assistant at an average of 2.87 points out of a maximum of 4 points, and the physician assistant's contribution of the to their roles at an average of 3.48points, the image of a physician assistant perceived by the subject was at the average of 3.50 points out of a maximum of 5 points. The image for the role of a physician assistant according to the general characteristics of the subjects was statistically significant in terms of Age(p<.001), Marital Status(p=.006), Working Experience(p<.001), Working Department(p<.001) and the number of working together with the dedicated nurse within last one month(p=.001). Accordingly, the role of the physician assistant should be set up, in the current medical situation, with expectation of expanding of the role of the physician assistant and the increasement of number of the physician assistant and thus the establishment of a systematic and professional education program is required to improve the quality of their work and to legalize the work.