What Makes Physician Assistant Training Programs Successful at Training Rural PAs?

Abstract

Key Findings

A survey of United States physician assistant (PA) training programs showed that 57.1% of the responding programs considered training rural PAs to be an important program goal.
Of those rurally oriented programs, just over half actively recruited rural students. Fewer than half used rural background as an admission criterion or required clinical training in a rural location.
PA training programs that are successful at training PAs who choose rural practice are likely to combine a rural mission, targeted recruitment of rural students, and specific rural clinical training experiences.

Authors:

Larson EH, Coulthard C, Andrilla CHA

Journal/Publisher:

Seattle WA: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington

Edition:

Jun 2018. Policy Brief #164

Documents:

Policy Brief #164

Citation:

Larson EH, Coulthard C, Andrilla CHA. What makes physician assistant training programs successful at training rural PAs? Policy Brief #164. Seattle WA: WWAMI Rural Health Research Center, University of Washington, Jun 2018.