The public demand for higher quality and greater accountability in health care has been growing steadily over the last several years, and various health care professions are responding in different ways. To address that issue within the PA profession, four national PA organizations joined together to define PA competencies, a critical starting point to identify opportunities for improvement in the development and assessment of those competencies.
American Academy of Physician Assistants
Accreditation Review Commision on Education for Physician Assistants
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Physician Assistant Education Association
