Physician Assistants: Where Service Meets Leadership Ever wonder what it's like to be a Physician Assistant (PA) or how to become one? Our Southern California University of Health Sciences (SCU) Physician Assistants Student Society (PASS) had the amazing opportunity to share our passion for this career at a local high school's career fair. Being in a gym, among other careers and programs, we knew we had to be informative and exciting. Of course, we anticipated the "Are you just a doctor's assistant?” and "So you're like a nurse?” type of statements and questions, but we were ready to take those [...]

Exxat Scholarship Program Recognizes SCU PA Student for Contributions in Diversity and Inclusion SCU is proud to recognize Chanel Green, Master of Science: Physician Assistant (MSPA) Program class of fall 2023, for being awarded an Exxat Student Scholarship award for Diversity and Inclusion. Chanel has demonstrated an outstanding commitment to the SCU value of inclusivity, through which we welcome and celebrate the breadth of human diversity and cultivate a safe and thriving environment where everyone can learn, work, serve, and seek care. Diversity and inclusivity broadens perspective in our reasoning and leads to better representativeness in our conclusions, more ingenuity [...]

PAs Go Beyond! ABOUT THE PA PROFESSION According to the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), today, there are close to 160,000 PAs practicing in the U.S., caring for more than 9 million patients every week, and making over 400 million patient interactions each year. PAs are frequently referred to as physicians extenders because, like nurse practitioners, they are licensed healthcare professionals who can provide many of the same services as physicians. However, the time investment and subsequent cost to become a physician assistant is a fraction of what it takes to become a doctor. In 1967, Duke University's Medical [...]