Addressing the Shortage of Physician Assistants in Medicine Clerkship Sites

. 2019 Sep;36(9):415-419.

Addressing the Shortage of Physician Assistants in Medicine Clerkship Sites

Marcus D Ruopp¹, Laura Fiore¹, Amy W Baughman¹, Aliza A Stern¹, Susan N Nathan¹, Sandra Vilbrun-Bruno¹

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¹ is a Hospitalist Physician; is a Physician Assistant and Director of Physician Assistant Education; is a Hospitalist Physician and Director of Quality Improvement, Geriatrics Extended Care Service; is a Geriatrics and Palliative Care Physician; and is a Physician Assistant; all at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System in Massachusetts. is a Physician Assistant and Director of Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Program; and Sandra Vilbrun-Bruno is an Instructor in Medical Sciences and Education; both at Boston University School of Medicine. Marcus Ruopp, Amy Baughman, and Susan Nathan are Instructors in Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

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PMCID: PMC6752816

Addressing the Shortage of Physician Assistants in Medicine Clerkship Sites

Marcus D Ruopp et al. Fed Pract. 2019 Sep.

. 2019 Sep;36(9):415-419.

Authors

Marcus D Ruopp¹, Laura Fiore¹, Amy W Baughman¹, Aliza A Stern¹, Susan N Nathan¹, Sandra Vilbrun-Bruno¹

Affiliation

¹ is a Hospitalist Physician; is a Physician Assistant and Director of Physician Assistant Education; is a Hospitalist Physician and Director of Quality Improvement, Geriatrics Extended Care Service; is a Geriatrics and Palliative Care Physician; and is a Physician Assistant; all at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System in Massachusetts. is a Physician Assistant and Director of Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Program; and Sandra Vilbrun-Bruno is an Instructor in Medical Sciences and Education; both at Boston University School of Medicine. Marcus Ruopp, Amy Baughman, and Susan Nathan are Instructors in Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.

PMID: 31571809
PMCID: PMC6752816

Abstract

Addressing the shortage of clerkship sites, the VA Boston Healthcare System developed a physician assistant training program in a postacute health care setting.

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Author disclosures The authors report no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.

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[1] US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational outlook handbook: physician assistants. [Accessed August 13, 2019]. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physician-assistants.htm. Updated June 18, 2019.

[2] US Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational outlook handbook: physician assistants. [Accessed August 13, 2019]. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/physician-assistants.htm. Updated June 18, 2019.

[3] Association of American Medical Colleges. 2019 update: the complexities of physician supply and demand: projections from 2017 to 2032. [Accessed August 15, 2019]. https://aamc-black.global.ssl.fastly.net/production/media/filer_public/3.... Published April 2019.

[4] Association of American Medical Colleges. 2019 update: the complexities of physician supply and demand: projections from 2017 to 2032. [Accessed August 15, 2019]. https://aamc-black.global.ssl.fastly.net/production/media/filer_public/3.... Published April 2019.

[5] Glicken AD, Miller AA. Physician assistants: from pipeline to practice. Acad Med. 2013;88(12):1883–1889. - PubMed

[6] Glicken AD, Miller AA. Physician assistants: from pipeline to practice. Acad Med. 2013;88(12):1883–1889. - PubMed

[7] Erikson C, Hamann R, Levitan T, Pankow S, Stanley J, Whatley M. Recruiting and maintaining US clinical training sites: joint report of the 2013 multi-discipline clerkship /clinical training site survey. [Accessed August 13, 2019]. https://paeaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Recruiting-and-Maintai....

[8] Erikson C, Hamann R, Levitan T, Pankow S, Stanley J, Whatley M. Recruiting and maintaining US clinical training sites: joint report of the 2013 multi-discipline clerkship /clinical training site survey. [Accessed August 13, 2019]. https://paeaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Recruiting-and-Maintai....

[9] Physician Assistant Education Association. By the numbers: 30th annual report on physician assistant educational programs. 2015. [Accessed August 15, 2019]. http://paeaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-by-the-numbers-pro.... Published 2015.

[10] Physician Assistant Education Association. By the numbers: 30th annual report on physician assistant educational programs. 2015. [Accessed August 15, 2019]. http://paeaonline.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2015-by-the-numbers-pro.... Published 2015.

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