Roderick S. Hooker, PhD, PA

 
Roderick Hooker, PhD, PA
Roderick S. Hooker, PhD, PA, is Director of Rheumatology Research, Medical Services, Department of Veterans Affairs, Dallas, Texas.
 

Recent Articles

It's time for an international congress of physician assistants

December 17, 2009

Such a congress could foster the role of physician assistants, explore innovations in the education of PAs, and much else besides.

Do physician assistants provide a "social good" for America?

September 15, 2009

Has the PA profession delivered on its promise to increase access to health care? This editorial's argument: The evidence shows that it has.

Assessing the value of physician assistant postgraduate education

May 21, 2009

Although strong arguments for and against additional formal education for PAs are made, little evidence is available to support either side.

Pale sunlight through a dusty lens: Physician assistant research

November 01, 2008

Why so few scholars of the PA profession? What has the PA profession achieved, and where is the evidence demonstrating that PAs are what they think they are?