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  • Health Professions Education

Background:

  • Mission statements guide institutional direction and priorities in higher education.
  • Understanding the alignment between physician assistant (PA) programs and medical schools is crucial for interprofessional collaboration.
  • Previous analyses have identified key themes in medical school mission statements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To compare the mission statements of US physician assistant (PA) programs with those of US medical schools.
  • To determine the congruence and identify differences in stated institutional priorities.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of mission statements from 209 accredited US PA programs.
  • Qualitative coding and thematic analysis of keywords and phrases using NVivo software.
  • Comparison of identified themes against established medical school mission statement categories and additional relevant themes.

Main Results:

  • Both PA programs and medical schools emphasize education, prevention, and cost control.
  • Significant dissimilarities were found in the emphasis on research, service, primary care, diversity, and provider distribution.
  • PA programs more frequently highlighted interprofessional care compared to evidence-based medicine, patient safety, or quality improvement.

Conclusions:

  • The congruence between PA program and medical school mission statements was less than hypothesized.
  • Differences in mission statement emphasis suggest distinct priorities between the two types of programs.
  • Further research is needed to assess the actualization of these stated missions into measurable outcomes.