Opinions on Anesthesia Assistants?

Hello All, Let me start off by thanking you for taking the time to review my post. I am currently a senior and at a crossroads. One path is MD and the other is going the Anesthesia Assistant route.(I know anesthesia is right for me through significant shadowing.) However as a Louisiana resident, I don't have the ability to shadow an Anesthesia Assistant.) My question is, as an anesthesiologist(or any physician for that matter) how do you view working with an Anesthesia Assistant? As a... Opinions on Anesthesia Assistants?
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