Physician assistants provide health care services under the supervision of doctors, including diagnosing illnesses, developing and managing treatment plans, and prescribing medications.
EIM's hybrid accelerated degree program enables MMS-PA learners to graduate in just two years, significantly faster than traditional pathways.
*The data presented on this page is sourced from Lightcast, accessed [03 05 2024], which utilizes information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Quarterly Consensus of Employment and Wages (QCEW).
Employment of physician assistants is projected to grow 31 percent from 2023 to 2033, much faster than the average for all occupations. *
About 12,800 openings for physician assistants are projected each year, on average, over the decade. *
Many of those openings are expected to result from the need to replace workers who transfer to different occupations or exit the labor force, such as to retire.
The median annual wage for physician assistants is $126,006. *
The MPAS program is a 24-month hybrid program that prepares entry-level physician assistants to become licensed clinicians who practice medicine in a variety of settings and specialties.
The MPAS program is designed to be completed in 24 months, with 12 months of online didactic education, hands-on lab immersion experiences onsite throughout the program, and 40 weeks of full-time supervised clinical practical experiences in a variety of settings.
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As the Academic Officer of PA for EIM, I have the unique opportunity to work with university partners and faculty to develop new hybrid programs. This represents a new aspect of PA education and is therefore an exciting journey into what can be imagined and achieved in medical education. The ability to reach students who might otherwise not have the opportunity to pursue a dream of becoming a PA can now be realized through the hybrid model.