Competencies


The first class of Physician Assistants was educated at North Carolina’s Duke University Medical Center in 1965. As the profession has grown and evolved in the last four decades, standards of competency in the clinical practice, education, continuing education and assessment of PAs became apparent.

Four professional organizations of the Physician Assistant profession collaborated to create this standard

National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Accreditation Review Commission for the Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)
Association of Physician Assistant Programs (APAP)
American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)

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