Sasek Cody, Kluznik Jenny, Garrubba Carl
Cody Sasek, MPAS, PA-C, is an assistant professor at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, School of Medicine, Kansas City, Kansas. Jenny Kluznik, MPH, PA-C, is an assistant professor at the Augsburg College, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Carl Garrubba, MPA, PA-C, is the program director and an associate professor at Chatham University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
J Physician Assist Educ. 2016 Sep;27(3):105-9. doi: 10.1097/JPA.0000000000000080.
Professional training programs for physician assistants (PAs) have been rapidly expanding. The profession therefore needs to develop a sufficiently robust teaching workforce.
This study surveyed current PA students from all Physician Assistant Education Association member programs to ascertain their level of interest in and understanding of careers in PA education, including faculty and precepting roles.
The study revealed that interest was greatest in precepting roles. A higher level of education before attending a PA program correlated with a higher interest in PA education roles, although an education-related degree did not show a significant relationship with such roles.
These and other study findings are important to consider as the profession continues to develop a pipeline to education careers for students and clinicians.
医师助理（PA）的专业培训项目一直在迅速扩展。因此，该行业需要培养一支足够强大的教师队伍。
本研究对来自所有医师助理教育协会成员项目的在读PA学生进行了调查，以确定他们对PA教育职业的兴趣程度和理解程度，包括教师和带教角色。
研究表明，对带教角色的兴趣最大。参加PA项目之前接受的教育水平越高，对PA教育角色的兴趣就越高，尽管与教育相关的学位与这些角色没有显著关系。
随着该行业继续为学生和临床医生开发教育职业渠道，这些以及其他研究结果都很重要，值得考虑。
