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Published on: May 31, 2021
PAs: Fifty years young
Ellen D Mandel1, Shannon North
1In the Pace University-Lenox Hill Hospital PA program in New York City, Ellen D. Mandel is a clinical professor and Shannon North is an assistant clinical professor. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.
Abstract:
The PA profession is 50 years young. Practicing PAs and current students hail from several generational categories ranging from Builders to Generation Z. This article reviews how different generations may have experienced PA program expansion, professional identity, state licensing, and prescription delegation. The authors sampled a cohort of PA program applicants about their views on what evokes optimism and concern for the PA profession. These themes mirror the recently paved professional road, while posing the all-important question: What construction lies on the horizon?
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