A pilot study of PAs in leadership: Exploring pathways, barriers, and support systems

Marcia Bouton1, Robert McKenna, Yolanda Freeman-Hildreth

  • 1Marcia Bouton is an assistant professor in the PA program at Midwestern University in Glendale, Ariz. Robert McKenna is director of accreditation and an assistant professor in the School of Physician Assistant Studies at Marshall B. Ketchum University in Fullerton, Calif. Yolanda Freeman-Hildreth is an assistant professor in the PA program at Detroit Mercy in Detroit, Mich., and an adjunct professor in the School of Management at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio. Theresa Johnson is faculty in the primary care residency program for PAs, director of the Long COVID Board, manager of the Thoracic Tumor Board, and chair of the PA Professional Standards Board at the Joseph Maxwell Cleland Atlanta VA Medical Center in Decatur, Ga. Ryann Piotrowski practices critical care at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H. Laura Chenevert practices neurosurgery in the Department of Neurological Surgery at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in New York, N.Y. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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