TY - JOUR
T1 - Expansion of physician assistant education
AU - Cawley, James F.
AU - Eugene Jones, P.
AU - Miller, Anthony A.
AU - Orcutt, Venetia L.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2016 Physician Assistant Education Association.
PY - 2016/12/1
Y1 - 2016/12/1
N2 - Physician assistant (PA) educational programs were created in the 1960s to prepare a new type of health care practitioner. Physician assistant programs began as experiments in medical education, and later, they proved to be highly successful in preparing capable, flexible, and productive clinicians. The growth of PA educational programs in US medical education-stimulated by grants, public policy, and anticipated shortages of providers-has gone through 3 distinct phases. At present, such programs are in the midst of the third growth spurt that is expected to continue beyond 2020, as a large number of colleges and universities seek to sponsor PA programs and attain accreditation status. Characteristics of these new programs are described, and the implications of the current expansion of PA education are examined.
AB - Physician assistant (PA) educational programs were created in the 1960s to prepare a new type of health care practitioner. Physician assistant programs began as experiments in medical education, and later, they proved to be highly successful in preparing capable, flexible, and productive clinicians. The growth of PA educational programs in US medical education-stimulated by grants, public policy, and anticipated shortages of providers-has gone through 3 distinct phases. At present, such programs are in the midst of the third growth spurt that is expected to continue beyond 2020, as a large number of colleges and universities seek to sponsor PA programs and attain accreditation status. Characteristics of these new programs are described, and the implications of the current expansion of PA education are examined.
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U2 - 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000097
DO - 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000097
M3 - Article
C2 - 27820785
AN - SCOPUS:85003441498
SN - 1941-9430
VL - 27
SP - 170
EP - 175
JO - Journal of Physician Assistant Education
JF - Journal of Physician Assistant Education
IS - 4
ER -