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.

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