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Our Mission

The mission of the Dominican University Physician Assistant Studies Program is to ßäßä°®ÊÓÆµ physician assistants who provide highly competent, patient-centered, and compassionate health care. Our physician assistants will serve as an integral member of healthcare teams and will demonstrate leadership, service, and a commitment to lifelong learning.

Our Vision

The Dominican University Physician Assistant Studies Program will provide an innovative relationship-based teaching and learning model including competency-based educational outcomes that challenge students and faculty to develop a healthcare learning community. Our ßäßä°®ÊÓÆµs will transfer their healthcare knowledge to their patients and communities of service and our ßäßä°®ÊÓÆµs will enhance the diversity of the PA profession.

Our Program Goals

Goal One

Recruit highly qualified applicants to include those underrepresented* in health care and U.S. military veterans. Composite data about accepted students is published and will be subsequently reported annually. The ßäßä°®ÊÓÆµ rate will be published annually beginning in 2019.

*The Association of American Medical Colleges defines underrepresented in medicine (URiM) as “those racial and ethnic populations that are underrepresented in the medical profession relative to their numbers in the general population.

Goal Two

Develop, implement, and maintain a program whose focus is to ßäßä°®ÊÓÆµ students with the knowledge, technical and professional skills for embarking on a physician assistant practice.

Goal Three

Provide our students with inter-professional education and simulation experiences in preparation for clinical practice.

Goal Four

Faculty, staff, and students are involved in professional and community engagement activities.