Hussaini, Sobia S. MHA; Bushardt, Reamer L. PharmD, PA-C, DFAAPA; Gonsalves, Wanda C. MD; Hilton, Virginia O. PA-C; Hornberger, Brad J. MPAS, PA-C; Labagnara, Frank A. DO; O'Hara, Kevin M. MS, MMS, PA-C; Sasek, Cody MPAS, PA-C; Smith, Benjamin J. PA-C; Williams, Jennifer S. MMS, PA-C; American Academy of Physician Assistants' Task Force on Accreditation of Postgraduate PA Training Programs
Sobia S. Hussaini is instructor and director of academic practice partnerships for Wake Forest School of Medicine in Winston-Salem, N.C. Reamer L. Bushardt is professor and chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies, professor of internal medicine, and professor and program leader in the Clinical Translational Science Institute at Wake Forest School of Medicine, and editor-in-chief of JAAPA. His clinical specialty is internal medicine. Wanda C. Gonsalves is professor and vice chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, Ky., and a member of the board of directors of the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Her clinical specialty is family medicine. Virginia O. Hilton is director of the Norwalk/Yale PA Surgical Residency at Norwalk (Conn.) Hospital and past president of the Association of Postgraduate PA Programs. Her clinical specialty is general surgery. Brad J. Hornberger is a faculty associate in the Department of Urology and director of the PA urology residency program at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas. His clinical specialty is urology. Frank A. Labagnara practices at W.G. Hefner VA Medical Center in Salisbury, N.C., and is director of medical education and a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine in Blacksburg, Va. His clinical specialty is family medicine. Kevin M. O'Hara is an assistant professor in the PA program at Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn., and a member of the AAPA's Commission on Continuing Professional Development and Education. His clinical specialties are internal medicine and infectious diseases. Cody Sasek is an assistant professor and academic director of the PA program at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha, Neb. His clinical specialties are orthopedics and emergency medicine. Benjamin J. Smith practices at McIntosh Clinic in Thomasville, Ga., and is chair of AAPA's Commission on Continuing Professional Development and Education. His clinical specialty is rheumatology. Jennifer S. Williams is administrative program director of the PA fellowship in hospital internal medicine at the Mayo School of Health Sciences in Scottsdale, Ariz. Her clinical specialty is hospital internal medicine.
Acknowledgment: The authors would like to thank Sonia Crandall, PhD, for her assistance with this manuscript.
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