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.
PA: Because physician assistants are trained in general medicine so that they can serve wide subsections of the population, they require lots of education. Usually programs require 1,000 classroom hours and 2,000 or more hours in a clinical setting.