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  • Health Professions Education
  • Medical Education
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Early physician assistant (PA) education reports lacked robust applicant pool data.
  • The Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) was established in 2001 to address data collection limitations.
  • CASPA has since become a critical resource for analyzing PA applicant trends and demographics.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze CASPA data for trends in the PA applicant and matriculant pools over 15 years.
  • To compare the competitiveness of PA program entry with that of Doctor of Medicine (MD) and Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) programs.
  • To examine demographic shifts in PA applicants, including sex, age, GPA, healthcare experience, and race.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of aggregated CASPA data from 2001 onwards.
  • Comparative analysis of PA program entry competitiveness against MD and DO programs.
  • Examination of self-identified race descriptors to assess diversity contributions across health professions.

Main Results:

  • CASPA data reveals significant trends in the growth and changing demographics of PA program applicants.
  • The competitiveness of PA programs appears to be keeping pace with program expansion.
  • Notable shifts observed in applicant sex, age, GPA, healthcare experience, and racial diversity.

Conclusions:

  • CASPA data provides crucial insights into the evolving PA applicant pool.
  • The PA profession must consider the implications of changing applicant demographics and increasing graduate numbers.
  • Further analysis is needed to understand the long-term impact of these demographic shifts on the healthcare workforce.