The Trevecca Physician Assistant Program has been in existence since 1976 graduating over 750 students to date. Alumni serve all across the world from the United States to Mongolia and Africa. As a part of the International Church of the Nazarene, emphasis is placed on integrating faith in learning by educating from a Christian world view.
Physician assistants are health professionals licensed or, in the case of those employed by the Federal Government, credentialed to practice medicine with physician supervision. Physician assistants are qualified by graduation from an accredited physician assistant educational program and/or certification by the National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants. Within the physician/PA relationship, physician assistants exercise autonomy in medical decision-making and provide a broad range of diagnostic and therapeutic services. The clinical role of physician assistants includes primary and specialty care in medical and surgical practice settings in rural and urban areas. Physician assistant practice is centered on patient care and may include educational, research, and administrative activities.
Adopted 1995 Amended 1966 AAPA House of Delegates
The PA Program at Trevecca is 27 months in length and begins the third week of May each year. The first 15 months are didactic, and the last 12 months are clinical rotations with didactic education continuing at the end of each rotation in seminar format. The program is fully accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The first time PANCE pass rates for the five most recent graduating classes are as follows: 2003 - 96%, 2004 - 81%, 2005 - 83%, 2006 - 97%, 2007 - 95%, and 2008 - 94% for a 6-year aggregate average of 91% compared to a national aggregate average of 90%.
