Patient Care (PC)
PC1 – Perform thorough, respectful, and targeted history, physical, and behavioral health assessments that address the individual needs, contexts, and presentations of patients across the lifespan. (History and physical exam)
PC2 – Demonstrate effective patient education and counseling to promote individual health. (Education and counseling)
PC3 – Perform technical skills relevant to entry-level PA practice in a primary care setting. (Tech skills)
Knowledge for Practice (KP)
KP1 – Differentiate knowledge of healthy human anatomy and physiology from pathologic alterations that cause disease and apply this knowledge to epidemiologic, clinical, and diagnostic information. (Foundational science)
KP2 – Apply problem-solving skills integrating medical and behavioral health knowledge to identify and prioritize a differential diagnosis list based on patient history, physical examination, and contextual factors across the lifespan. (Create DDx)
KP3 – Access, appraise, and apply medical literature and guidelines to inform evidence-based clinical reasoning and decision making. (Practice EBM)
KP4 – Apply problem-solving skills to construct and justify a diagnostic plan that integrates and interprets clinical findings and diagnostic test results in the context of the patient’s presentation and psychosocial background. (Diagnostic Plan)
KP5 – Apply problem-solving skills to design and implement patient-centered treatment plans and effectively provide patient education for preventive, acute, chronic, and emergent medical and behavioral health diseases and disorders across the lifespan. (Therapeutic plan)
Practice-Based Learning and Improvement (PBLI)
PBLI1 – Display professional attitudes including understanding limitations, maintaining accountability for learning and practice, and embracing and reflecting on constructive feedback to foster professional growth. (Lifelong learning)
Interpersonal and Communication Skills (ICS)
ICS1 – Communicate medical information clearly, concisely, and accurately in medical documentation and orally in consultation with colleagues for safe, effective, and coordinated medical care. (Documentation and Oral Clinical Presentation)
ICS2 – Demonstrate respectful, effective and empathetic communication of information and ideas with peers, faculty, staff, the health care team, patients, and families. (General communication skills)
Interprofessional Collaboration (IPC)
IPC1 – Collaborate effectively with interprofessional healthcare team members across clinical settings to provide high-quality, patient-centered care. (IPE)
Systems-Based Practice (SBP)
SBP1 – Demonstrate accountability for patient safety and quality improvement in health systems while contextualizing cultural, social, environmental, and socioeconomic factors that impact patients’ access to and utilization of care. (Quality and safety in health system and beyond)
Professional Behaviors (PB)
PB1 – Exhibit personal integrity, accountability, and adherence to legal and ethical principles as a medical professional within a health care environment. (Professionalism)
Competency Alignment with ARC-PA Categories
Clinical Skills: PC1, PC2, SBP1
Technical Skills: PC3
Clinical Reasoning and Problem-solving Skills: KP1, KP2, KP3, KP4, KP5
Interpersonal Skills: ICS1, ICS2, IPC1
Medical Knowledge: KP1, KP2, KP3, KP4, KP5
Professional Behaviors: PBLI1, PB1