Physician Assistant Educator Competencies

The Journal of Physician Assistant Education : the Official Journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association
Joseph ZaweskiSara Fletcher

Abstract

The rapid expansion of physician assistant (PA) programs over the past decade has led to a shortage of experienced PA faculty. This has prompted many faculty development initiatives to help provide the skills needed by new faculty making the jump from clinical practice to academia. Faculty development is a key necessity in health professions education because many of the professionals attracted to the educator role are primarily trained as clinicians. Although this issue has been extensively evaluated by our colleagues in medical, nursing, and health education and various faculty development interventions have been implemented, this has not been done in the PA profession. In an effort to correct this, the Physician Assistant Education Association assembled a task force of experienced PA educators and charged them to evaluate the literature on faculty competencies in health professions education and to develop a set of PA educator competencies to help codify the essential knowledge, skills, attitudes, and behaviors that faculty need to be successful in their academic roles.The task force met its charge by engaging in an extensive review of the literature, developing a competency framework and proposed competencies, and solicitin...Continue Reading

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Apr 26, 2020·The Journal of Physician Assistant Education : the Official Journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association·Gerald Kayingo
Aug 19, 2020·The Journal of Physician Assistant Education : the Official Journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association·Amber HerrickJames D Stoehr
Jul 17, 2021·The Journal of Physician Assistant Education : the Official Journal of the Physician Assistant Education Association·Karen L GordesViolet Kulo
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