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Coaching of interprofessional team practices to integrate physician assistants in XXX primary care within the project “Physician Assistants meet primary care” (PAAM)

Christina SOMMERAUER, Katrin BUREK, Alexandra SCHMIDT, Dorothea DEHNEN, Alessia DEHNEN, Jürgen IN DER SCHMITTEN, Horst Christian VOLLMAR, Bernd HEMMING, Achim MORTSIEFER and Christine KERSTING

Primary care provision particularly in rural areas is already under pressure and will face increasing challenges in the future in XXX. Physician assistants (PAs) have the potential to support the delivery of comprehensive and high-quality primary care. The project “Physician Assistants meet primary care” (PAAM) investigates to which extent PAs can contribute to primary care teams and alleviate the workload of general practitioners (GPs). However, their deployment in GPs’ practices remains largely unfamiliar in XXX. To ensure optimal interprofessional collaboration, participating practices are supported throughout the entire 18-month intervention period through structured and regular coaching. This includes on-site coaching sessions, online training modules and online quality circle meeting.