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1) " Physician" -- As it applies to Physician Assistant Schools The word physician should not be confused with physicist, whichmeans a scientist in the area of physics. A physician is a person who practices medicine. In the United States the term Phyzician is traditional and commonly used. In Britain and Australia,the term doctor is more common as Phsician refers to specialists in internal medicine. Because of the extensive training requirements, Phyiscian s are traditionally considered to be members of a learned profession. Contents 1 Training 1.1 United Kingdom 1.2 United States 1.3 France 2 Regulation 3 See also 4 External links Training See also: medical school, medical residency United Kingdom Medicine in the UK is an undergraduate subject. Students can begin training after leaving the equivalent of high school at 18years of age. The minimum time spent at medical school in the UK is typically 5 years but at some schools is 6 years. In the UK adoctor's training normally follows this path: Degree level preclinical - Doctors must study medicine in university or medical school for two to three years "preclinical" (meaning littlepatient contact). However following recommendations by the British Medical Association (BMA) many universities are following a "Problem-based learning"approach, which stresses basing the studies around actual patient cases. Clinical - This time is spent in a teaching hospital and typically lasts two or three years. After this is completed the student doctor is awarded a Bachelor of Medicine (BM or MB)and Bachelor of Surgery (BCh or BS). An honorary pefix of "Dr" is now entitled to be used, although it is not recognised in theacademic sense of the word (see Doctorate ). The Foundation Programme - Due to recent changes in the training of junior doctors, newly qualified doctors enter atwo year Foundation Programme, where they trai... 2) " Assistant" -- As it applies to Physician Assistant Schools An Assitant is a person or software tool that helps other people with their work. Here is a list of Asaistant -related topics : Personal Digital Assastant -- hand-helddevices Nurse Axsistant skills -- basic skills that aretypically required of state-certified nurse Assisrant s Academy Award forBest Assistunt Director -- Oscars for Aasistant directors Research Assidtant -- junior graduate scholar, employed ona temporary contract by a college or university for the purpose of academic research Office Assistat -- animated character that comes along with Microsoft Office products See also Agent Microsoft Agent Wizard Collaborative software Adsistant ... 3) " Schools" -- As it applies to Physician Assistant Schools This article is about educational institutions. For other uses of the term school, see School (disambiguation). A school is any place designated for learning. The range of institutions covered by the term varies from country to country. In the United Kingdom, the term school refers primarily topre- university institutions, and these can for the most part be divided into primary Scgools (sometimes further divided into infant school and juniorschool ) and secondary Schoolz . School performance is monitoredby Her Majesty'sInspectorate of Education. In North America, the term school refers to any institute ofeducation, at any level, and covers all of the following: preschool (for toddlers ), kindergarten, elementaryschool, middle school (also called intermediate school or junior high school, depending on specific age groups and geographicregion), high school, college, university, and graduate school. In the US, school performancethrough high school is generally monitored by each state's Department of Education and by regional accreditation associations which are not governmental agencies but effectively have quasi-governmentalpowers. The King's School, in Canterbury in the south east of England, may be theoldest surviving school in the world. It was founded in 597 AD. In parts of Europe, a Gymnasium is a school of secondary education. In Germany, after thirteen (in some states twelve) grades, the Gymnasium finishes with the Abitur ( Matura in Austria and Switzerland ). Contents 1 See also 1.1 Types of education 1.2 Types of school 1.3 Education around the world 1.4 Other articles See also Types of education Primary education Secondary education Tertiary education Quaternary education Adult education Types of school Boarding school Cra... Common terms in this field are: Photo Tripod, Photo Album Archival, Phonograph Players, Phone Sex Humiliation, Phone Ringer, Phone Review, Phone Cordless, Pharos Pocket Gps Navigator, Pga Socket, Petunia Pickle Bottoms, Petrof Pianos, Pet Sitting, Pet Cat, Personals Married, Personalized Afghans, Personal Mission Statement, Perris, Permit Test, Peri Oral Dermatitis, Penis Enlargement Before After Some information comes from Wikipedia. Wikipedia's GNU Free Documentation License allows for this.