Decatur Health Systems, Inc.
"Caring and Sharing from the Heart"
"Caring and Sharing from the Heart"
810 West Columbia PO Box 268
Oberlin, Kansas 67749
(785) 475-2208
Oberlin, Kansas 67749
(785) 475-2208
Sean Conroy, PA-C
Sean Conroy, a certified physician assistant, is a member of the medical staff at the Family Practice Clinic.
He consults patients in the Decatur Health Systems Family Practice Clinic, sees patients of all ages with all disease types, does well child checks and preventative medicine visits.
Just like physicians, a physician assistant (PA) is licensed by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and is required to maintain 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years to renew the license. A PA must have a four-year degree in science and attend a rigorous and intensive 26 to 36 month graduate program of PA studies. The only school in Kansas to offer a PA program is Wichita State University (WSU). After graduating from an accredited program, PAs must pass a 5-hour exam, which gives them accreditation by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants, and permits them to put the professional designation PA-C after their name. This exam must be retaken and passed every six years. PAs must also be licensed through the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to prescribe medications. PAs may diagnose illnesses, order labs and imaging tests, prescribe medications and treat illnesses. PAs differ from Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) only in their type of education: PAs are educated according to the medical model, while ARNPs are educated according to the nursing model. PAs can practice autonomously, but must be supervised by a physician, meaning that their patient charts have to be signed by a physician who must be available by phone within a 30-minute time span.
Just like physicians, a physician assistant (PA) is licensed by the Kansas Board of Healing Arts and is required to maintain 100 hours of continuing medical education every two years to renew the license. A PA must have a four-year degree in science and attend a rigorous and intensive 26 to 36 month graduate program of PA studies. The only school in Kansas to offer a PA program is Wichita State University (WSU). After graduating from an accredited program, PAs must pass a 5-hour exam, which gives them accreditation by the National Commission on Certification for Physician Assistants, and permits them to put the professional designation PA-C after their name. This exam must be retaken and passed every six years. PAs must also be licensed through the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) to prescribe medications. PAs may diagnose illnesses, order labs and imaging tests, prescribe medications and treat illnesses. PAs differ from Nurse Practitioners (ARNPs) only in their type of education: PAs are educated according to the medical model, while ARNPs are educated according to the nursing model. PAs can practice autonomously, but must be supervised by a physician, meaning that their patient charts have to be signed by a physician who must be available by phone within a 30-minute time span.
