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Marcus D Ruopp1, Laura Fiore1, Amy W Baughman1
1is a Hospitalist Physician; is a Physician Assistant and Director of Physician Assistant Education; is a Hospitalist Physician and Director of Quality Improvement, Geriatrics Extended Care Service; is a Geriatrics and Palliative Care Physician; and is a Physician Assistant; all at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System in Massachusetts. is a Physician Assistant and Director of Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Program; and Sandra Vilbrun-Bruno is an Instructor in Medical Sciences and Education; both at Boston University School of Medicine. Marcus Ruopp, Amy Baughman, and Susan Nathan are Instructors in Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Abstract:
Addressing the shortage of clerkship sites, the VA Boston Healthcare System developed a physician assistant training program in a postacute health care setting.
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