Through the use of abstraction and logic, mathematics developed from counting, calculation, measurement, and the systematic study of the shapes and motions of physical objects. Practical mathematics has been a human activity for as far back as written records exist.
NP: Programs for nurse practitioners are usually shorter than those for physician assistants. They typically require nurse practitioners students choose a specialty and complete between 500 classroom and 500-700 clinical hours.
A physician assistant who passes the exam may use the credential âPhysician Assistant-Certified (PA-C).â. To keep their certification, physician assistants must complete 100 hours of continuing education every 2 years.34,750. The median annual wage for physician assistants was $90,930 in May 2012. The median wage is the wage at which half the workers in an occupation earned more than that amount and half earned less. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $62,430, and the top 10 percent earned more than $124,770.