This is the 448th and final post to the ADVANCE Blog for PAs in 2008. Check back on Jan. 2 for the first blog post of 2009. Until then, here's a quick look back at some of the notable PA stories of the last year.  ***  JanuaryAnnals of Family Medicine publishes a study that concludes, “Family practices employing ...

Now that ARC-PA has granted formal accreditation to three postgraduate PA programs, it's interesting to go back and read the AAPA's vigorous warnings against an accreditation process. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) recognizes the value that voluntary participation in postgraduate clinical training programs may have ...

At its recent meeting, ARC-PA also granted accreditation to a third postgraduate physician assistant program. Duke University Medical Center's postgraduate PA surgical residency earned accreditation. Previously accredited were M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's postgraduate PA program in oncology and Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Surgery's ...

ARC-PA has created a page to list accredited clinical postgraduate PA programs. There are currently two. The surgery residency at Johns Hopkins and the oncology residency at MD Anderson Cancer Center received ARC-PA accreditation in March. Link

Earlier this month, the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) granted accreditation for the first time to two postgraduate PA programs. The M.D. Anderson Cancer Center postgraduate PA residency program in oncology and the Johns Hopkins Hospital department of surgery postgraduate surgery residency for ...