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Peer-Reviewed Publications

Does Community College Attendance Affect Matriculation to a Physician Assistant Program? A Pathway to Increase Diversity in the Health Professions

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The PA Student Experience: Diversity, Stress, and School Membership

Read this article in the June 2021 issue of JPAE (log-in required).

Strength in Differences? The Importance of Diversity to Students When Choosing a Physician Assistant Program (2019) 

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Predicting Physician Assistant Program Matriculation Among Diverse Applicants: The Influences of Underrepresented Minority Status, Age, and Gender (2019) 

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Filling the Gaps: Predicting Physician Assistant Students' Interest in Practicing in Medically Underserved Areas (2017) 

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Research and Data Presentations from the Four PA Organizations 

For the last several years, the four PA organizations — AAPA, ARC-PA, NCCPA, and PAEA — have collaborated to present a joint session at the PAEA Education Forum that highlights the most recent data regarding PA admissions and programs, recently certified PAs, and the PA workforce. Available presentations are posted here after the close of Forum. 

2020 Forum Presentations

Predictors of Applicant Pool Diversity During the Physician Assistant Admissions Cycle

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COVID-19 & ARC-PA By the Numbers

Download and read ARC-PA’s presentation.

Older Forum Presentations

PAEA: The PA Pipeline to Practice: Applicant and Matriculant Data from CASPA
ARC-PA: Diversity from Pipeline to Practice
AAPA: Understanding Workplace Experiences Among PAs Who Have Changed Employers

PAEA: Predicting PA Program Matriculation Among Diverse Applicants
AAPA: Understanding Commonalities and Differences In Professional Experiences of PAs
NCCPA: Using Newly Certified PA’s to Explore the Changing Face of the PA Workforce

PAEA: The PA Pipeline to Practice: Applicant and Matriculant Data from CASPA
PAEA: The PA Pipeline to Practice: Program, Faculty, and Student Data from PAEA
AAPA: The PA Pipeline to Practice: PA Workforce 2017 – An Update

Brief Reports

In addition to publishing regular survey data reports, the PAEA Research Department periodically publishes brief reports focused on specific issues of interest.

COVID-19 Rapid Response Reports (2020) [member access only]

These Rapid Response Reports capture how PA programs have been impacted by and have innovated to adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic.

View reports in the Digital Learning Hub.

COVID-19 Rapid Response Report Infographic

See key data points from Rapid Response Reports 1, 2, and 3.

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