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2005 PA Program Mountain State University’s Physician Assistant (PA) program, established in 1994, provides quality medical education for primary care physician assistants. The program began as a The program maintains continuing accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant Inc. (ARC-PA). The PA program began as a two-year bachelor's program in 1994 and was converted to a three year master's program in the spring of 2001. Those student who were enrolled in the existing bachelor's program were given the option in spring 2001 of completing their bachelor's degree or going into the master's program. Nine student chose to enter the master's program and completed their degree in 2003. Graduating students are required to take the national exam, Physician Assistant National Certifying Exam (PANCE) Exam, given by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. MSU graduates have done well with an average of 84% passing on the first attempt for the last ten years. The cumulative average pass rate for the last ten years is 95% while the national pass rate has averaged 90% over the last ten years. The percentage of graduates who are currently working in the field averaged 75% for the last ten years. This shows that the program is successful in producing well trained graduates that are entering the workforce immediately after graduation. Detailed historical information about the programs history and the current strategic plan can be viewed at the following links:
The assessment plan and results of the Underserved Survey, Employer Survey and Graduate Survey can be view at the following links:
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