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Mei Liang, Steven Lane Physician Assistant Education Association

Mei Liang, Steven Lane Physician Assistant Education Association. 24th Annual Report on Physician Assistant Educational Programs (preliminary) Savannah, Oct 2008. Survey Response Rate. Programs Overview. Total Number of PA Programs. Source: ARC-PA. 1. 1. 1. 1. 3. 1. 2. 1. 19. 1.

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Mei Liang, Steven Lane Physician Assistant Education Association

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  1. Mei Liang, Steven Lane Physician Assistant Education Association 24th Annual Report onPhysician Assistant Educational Programs (preliminary) Savannah, Oct 2008

  2. Survey Response Rate

  3. Programs Overview

  4. Total Number of PA Programs Source: ARC-PA

  5. 1 1 1 1 3 1 2 1 19 1 3 1 5 15 2 2 2 2 6 1 4 2 1 2 2 4 10 1 2 1 3 5 3 2 2 1 1 2 3 2 8 2 6 Geographic Distribution2008 142 programs in 44 states; 31% of all programs are in NY, PA, and CA.

  6. Sponsoring Institution Community Colleges (5%)

  7. Type of Sponsoring Institution Private 63%

  8. Highest Credential Awarded Associate: 2%

  9. Financial Characteristics: Budget

  10. Financial Characteristics: External Funding • Average federal grant amount is $124,212 • 42% of the programs receive at least one type of external funding

  11. Cost of Studying at a PA Program

  12. Rotations • 42% of programs offered international rotations • 4% required international rotations • 8% paid to precept their students • Top three forms of support provided to preceptors: • 74% Certificate of recognition • 69% Adjunct faculty status • 56% Library access

  13. Prerequisites

  14. Program Personnel

  15. Faculty and Staff

  16. Numbers of Faculty and Staff

  17. Demographics

  18. Ethnicity Faculty Staff

  19. Faculty Salary – Average Salary

  20. Faculty Salary by Ethnicity and Gender

  21. Salary Profile – Program Director

  22. Salary Profile – Academic Coordinator

  23. Salary Profile – Clinical Coordinator

  24. Salary Profile – Faculty

  25. Clinical Work • Percentage of faculty who did clinical work 63% • Average hours per week 15 • Range (hours) 1-50 • Clinical work generated income 91% • Income retained by faculty member 85% • Income retained by program/institution 15%

  26. Departing Personnel • Percentage of faculty whoended employment 9% • Average age 48 • Average years of employment 5 • Stated reason for ending employment • Return to clinical practice 28% • Retirement 20% • Geographical relocation 17% • Career advancement 15%

  27. Incoming Personnel Number of weeks to fill vacant position • Faculty 15 weeks average • Staff 7 weeks average • Range 0-104 weeks • Median 8 weeks Average number of qualified applicants • Faculty 5 • Staff 8

  28. Barriers to hiring new personnel • Lack of candidates 51% • Salary 50% • Candidates’ lack of experience 41%

  29. Matriculants

  30. First Year Enrollment

  31. Gender

  32. First Year Minority Enrollment

  33. Age, GPA, and HCE • Average age 26.8 • Average undergraduate overall GPA 3.43 • Average undergraduate science GPA 3.35 • Average overall HCE 5,644 hours or 2.7 years

  34. Background Check and Drug Testing

  35. Graduating Students

  36. Number of Recent Graduates Based on average number of graduating students per program: 39.5

  37. Minority Graduates

  38. Trends in Starting Salary for New Graduates: 1997-2007 76% Employed in clinical practice as PA

  39. THANK YOU FOR RESPONDING TO THE SURVEY

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