A National Survey of postgraduate physician assistant fellowship and residency programs.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The development of postgraduate programs for physician assistants (PAs) began in 1973 and by 2020 there were approximately 72 programs spread across a broad range of medical and surgical disciplines. PA Post-graduate education programs are voluntary and available to American licensed PAs. Therefore, an assessment of the characteristics of PA post-graduate fellowships and residencies programs was initiated.

Method

A non-experimental, descriptive research study was designed to obtain information on the characteristics of PA postgraduate education programs in the US. The source of information was from surveyed members of the Association of Postgraduate Physician Assistant Programs (APPAP). Questions were drawn from consensus discussions. Directors of postgraduate p

SUBMITTER: Kidd VD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8045993 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature