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Physician assistant (PA) programs can create longitudinal databases to research PA education and practice. This data supports optimizing PA selection, education, and utilization for better health outcomes.

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Area of Science:

Medical Education Research
Health Workforce Studies

Background:

Physician assistant (PA) roles are expanding globally.
There is a need to research PA selection, education, and utilization to maximize their health contributions.
PA education programs are ideal for collecting data on applicants, students, and graduates.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the creation of a longitudinal student-level research database at a PA program.
To enable research across the entire PA lifecycle, from admissions to practice.
To encourage other PA programs to develop similar databases for multi-institutional research.

Main Methods:

Establishing a permanent longitudinal education database.
Collecting extensive student-level data.
Analyzing data from admissions through graduate professional practice.

Main Results:

The database facilitates research on PA education and practice.
Identifies strengths and limitations of longitudinal databases for PA research.
Provides a model for other PA programs to emulate.

Conclusions:

Longitudinal databases are valuable for PA education and practice research.
Creating such databases can inform improvements in PA selection and training.
Collaborative, multi-institutional research using combined data can significantly advance the PA profession.