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Empowering PAs in health care: Unlocking the potential of implementation science

Kari S Bernard1, Natalie Smith, Kelly R Conner

  • 1Kari S. Bernard is director of the Doctor of Medical Science Program at The College of Idaho in Caldwell, ID. In the Department of PA Studies at Wake Forest University School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, NC, Natalie Smith is program director and an assistant professor; Kelly R. Conner is an assistant professor; and Gayle Bodner is an associate professor and chair. G. Bodner is also an associate professor in the Department of Anesthesiology, and practices in the Preoperative Assessment Clinic at the Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston Salem, NC. Jerica N. Derr is an associate professor and the director of student success and evaluation at South University - Tampa Campus Physician Assistant Program in Tampa, FL, as well as associate director of research and capstone activities for the Doctor of Medical Science Program in the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at A.T. Still University's Arizona School of Health Sciences in Mesa, AZ. K. Bernard discloses work as a clinical and research editor for JAAPA . K. Conner discloses work with the SK Life Science Speaker Bureau and past employment as a consultant for Neurelis, Inc. The authors have disclosed no other potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

JAAPA : Official Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants
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evidence-based interventionshealth care deliveryimplementation sciencelow-value care practicesphysician associatesquality improvement

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