Cawley James F, Ritsema Tamara S, Brown Darwin, Wight Colleen, Landel Grace, Orcutt Venetia, Winsor-Lovely Megan
The George Washington University, Department of Prevention and Community Health, School of Public Health and Health Services 2175 K Street, NW Washington, DC 20037, USA.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2011;22(3):23-8. doi: 10.1097/01367895-201122030-00003.
The popularity of dual physician assistant/master of public health degree programs continues to increase within US physician assistant (PA) education. The advantages and disadvantages of pursuing dual degree training have not been fully explored in the PA literature. Potential advantages of dual training include broadening of the student's perspective on health and health care beyond the "one provider, one patient" medical model, increased training in evaluation and use of the medical literature, increased skill in assessing community factors that affect the health of patients, enhanced expertise in health care administration or policy, and improved prospects for future roles as PA faculty members. Potential drawbacks include increased duration and expense of PA/MPH education, student burnout due to prolonged training, and the lack of jobs that explicitly use both halves of the PA/MPH training.
在美国医师助理（PA）教育领域，医师助理/公共卫生硕士双学位项目越来越受欢迎。PA文献中尚未充分探讨攻读双学位培训的利弊。双学位培训的潜在优势包括拓宽学生对健康和医疗保健的视野，超越“一对一”的医疗模式，增加医学文献评估和应用方面的培训，提高评估影响患者健康的社区因素的技能，增强医疗保健管理或政策方面的专业知识，以及提升未来担任PA教员的前景。潜在的缺点包括PA/MPH教育的时间延长和费用增加，长期培训导致学生倦怠，以及缺乏明确需要同时运用PA/MPH培训两方面知识的工作岗位。
