Emerging practices in onboarding programs for PAs: Strategies for onboarding

Lorraine Anglin1, Mara Sanchez, Rita Butterfield

  • 1Lorraine Anglin is academic coordinator and a medical instructor in the PA program at Duke University in Durham, N.C., and practices at TROSA Medical Clinic in Durham. Mara Sanchez is an assistant professor in the PA program at Duke University. Rita Butterfield is a research program leader in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University School of Medicine. Rachel Rana is a former research program leader in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at Duke University School of Medicine. Christine M. Everett is an associate professor in the PA program in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. Perri Morgan is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health and a professor in the Department of Population Health Sciences at Duke University School of Medicine. This project was funded by a grant award from the Physician Assistant Education Association in Washington, D.C. Funding of this project does not necessarily constitute an endorsement of the findings of this research report by the Physician Assistant Education Association. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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