Mission

The mission of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies at Wingate is to educate Physician Assistants to become competent, compassionate and comprehensive healthcare providers.

Vision 

Our graduates will become leaders in the health care community, continuously striving for excellence in their professional endeavors while compassionately providing for the health care needs of those they serve.

Goals

1. Identify for admission those individuals with the academic ability, clinical experience, interpersonal skills and maturity necessary to become outstanding Physician
Assistants.

2. Provide a coordinated, comprehensive didactic and clinical curriculum that will allow graduates to deliver the highest quality of health care services.

3. Promote a didactic and clinical educational environment that embraces the concepts of continuous communication, cooperation and compassion.

4. Promote an atmosphere of “learner-centered” education that empowers students to become self-directed learners.
5. Instill in students the core values of Wingate University: Faith – Knowledge – Service.

6. Provide students with the medical knowledge, clinical skills and caring attitude needed to practice as a Physician Assistant anywhere and within any type of clinical practice.

7. Promote continuously a comprehensive approach to health and disease by emphasizing health maintenance, disease prevention and life-long learning.

8. Develop in students an appreciation of the dignity of the individual and each individual’s right to a quality life.

9. Promote continued professional growth through life-long learning.

10. Encourage graduates to strive for excellence in clinical practice while employing professional ethics as a member of the health care team focused on service to others.

The Department of Physician Assistant Studies will prepare individuals to become valued members of the health care team licensed to practice medicine with physician supervision.