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Matthew A McQuillan1,2,3,4,5,6, David Asprey1,2,3,4,5,6, Darwin Brown1,2,3,4,5,6
1Matthew A. McQuillan, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA, is a chair, Department of Physician Assistant Studies and Practice, and is an associate professor, School of Health Professions, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Piscataway, New Jersey.
Summary
Physician Assistant (PA) doctoral programs emphasize leadership development. Emerging themes include research and scholarly activity, prompting a review of PA professional competencies.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Physician Assistant Studies
Background:
- Limited data exists on Physician Assistant (PA) postprofessional doctoral program curricula.
- This study addresses the gap by analyzing program mission statements and learning outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To examine common and emerging themes in PA postprofessional doctoral programs.
- To align these themes with established PA professional competencies.
Main Methods:
- Qualitative analysis of 22 postprofessional doctoral programs matriculating PAs as of December 2023.
- Websites were reviewed for mission statements and learning outcomes.
- Content analysis using open coding and investigator triangulation confirmed themes.
Main Results:
- Leadership development was the most frequent theme in mission statements (64%).
- Learning outcomes highlighted knowledge/evidence (50%), leadership (40%), and communication (37%).
- Scholarly activity (29%) and research (37%) emerged as new themes.
Conclusions:
- Postprofessional PA programs prioritize leadership training.
- Curricular diversity exists, potentially catering to student needs over strict competency alignment.
- The inclusion of research and scholarly activity suggests a need to update PA professional competencies.
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