Entrustable Professional Activities: A New Direction for PA Education?

Kevin C Lohenry1, Anthony Brenneman, Constance Goldgar

  • 1Kevin Lohenry, PhD, PA-C, is assistant professor of Clinical Family Medicine and program director of the University of Southern California Primary Care Physician Assistant Program in the Keck School of Medicine in Alhambra, California. Anthony Brenneman, MPAS, PA-C, is a clinical professor and the program director for the Physician Assistant Program at the University of Iowa's Carver College of Medicine in Iowa City, Iowa. Constance Goldgar, MS, PA-C, is a professor for the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program in Salt Lake City, Utah. Karen J. Hills, MS, PA-C, is a professor and the program director of the Physician Assistant Program at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. Stephane P. VanderMeulen, MPAS, PA-C, is an associate professor and the program director of the Creighton University Physician Assistant Program in Omaha, Nebraska. Steven Lane, MA, MPP, is the senior director, communications, for the Physician Assistant Education Association in Washington, DC. Olivia Ziegler, PA, is the chief assessment officer for the Physician Assistant Education Association in Washington, DC. Timi Agar Barwick, MPM, is the chief executive officer for the Physician Assistant Education Association in Washington, DC. Sara Fletcher, PhD, is the chief academic officer for the Physician Assistant Education Association in Washington, DC.

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