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PA Education, Certification, and Licensure Flashcards

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What were the first PA programs?

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  • Duke University
  • Medex
  • University of Colorado
  • Alderson-Broaddus College
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What year and who founded Duke University?

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Dr. Eugene Stead, 1965

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What year and who founded Medex?

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Dr. Richard Smith, 1969

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What year and who founded University of Colorado PA program?

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Dr. Henry Silver, 1968

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What year and who founded Alderson-Broaddus College PA program?

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Dr. Hu Myers, 1968

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As PA education emerged, the philosophy was to train practitioners to meet what societal needs?

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  • increase the supply of PC providers
  • distribute to medically underserved areas
  • strong community orientation
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What is an important aspect of PA education growth?

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federal funding

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What established Title VII funding for PA programs?

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Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976

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What 3 ideas create primary care providers and federal subsidization of PA education?

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  • PA concept acceptance from medicine
  • federal funding
  • political momentum for primary care
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What is the only agency that establishes standards and accredits PA programs?

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ARC-PA

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What does this mission describe:
- protects the interest of the public and PA profession, including current and prospective PA learners, by defining the accreditation standards and evaluating PA educational programs to ensure their compliance with those standards

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ARC-PA

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What are the different roles of ARC-PA?

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  • establish educational standards utilizing broad-based input
  • define and administer the process for comprehensive review of applicant programs
  • define and administer the process for accreditation decision-making
  • determines if PA educational programs are compliant with the established standards
  • work collaboratively with its collaborating organization
  • define and administer a process for appeal of accreditation decisions
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Who are elected by the ARC-PA and volunteer for 3 year terms and include PAs, physicians, and 1 public member?

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commissioners

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What are the 5th edition standards for ARC-PA and is a commonality for all programs but allows for creativity and innovation?

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A- administration
B- curriculum and instruction
C- evaluation
D- provisional accreditation
E- accreditation maintenance

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What 5th edition ARC-PA standard describes institution responsibilities, program personnel, admissions, and operation/program policies?

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administration

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What 5th edition ARC-PA standard outlines didactic and clinical curriculum; SCPEs; assessment of student learning?

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curriculum and instruction

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What 5th edition ARC-PA standard includes an ongoing program self-assessment, self-study report (SSR), and clinical site evaluations?

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evaluations

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What 5th edition ARC-PA standard includes provisional accreditation requirements?

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provisional accreditation

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What 5th edition ARC-PA standard includes program and sponsoring institution responsibilities?

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accreditation maintenance

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What are the core competencies that ARC-PA ensures are being met?

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  • medical knowledge
  • clinical and technical skills
  • professional behaviors
  • interpersonal skills
  • clinical reasoning
  • problem-solving abilities required for PA practice
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In PA program organizations, who must be a PA with at least 3 years of full-time higher education experience at the time of appointment?

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program director

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In PA program organizations, who is usually an allopathic or osteopathic physician?

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medical director

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In PA program organizations, how many principal faculty must there be?

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at least 3

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How many principal faculty members in PA program organizations must be NCCPA-certified PAs?

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2

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In PA program organizations, who are the members qualified to teach and knowledgeable in course content for assigned subjects?

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instructional faculty

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How many administrative support staff must there be in PA program organizations?

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at least 1

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What is the pathway to accreditation for PA programs?

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  • Site visits: 3 for new programs
    **initial provisional: validates, verifies, and clarifies
    **provisional monitoring: within 6 months of 1st graduating class
    **final provisional: 18-24 months after provisional; review self-study
  • move to accreditation
  • ARC-PA confirms validation visit date
  • program completes applications/SSR and submits 12 weeks prior to visit
  • validation visit occurs
  • program received written report and will respond as instructed
    (10 year cycle-have accreditation for 10 years)
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28
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What are the different types of PA programs?

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  • pre-professional
  • professional
  • professional postgraduate
29
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What type of program does this describe:
- undergraduate prior to professional phase
- high school grads/students with some college courses but no terminal degree
- 4-6 years

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pre-professional

30
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What type of program does this describe:
- majority of the accredited programs

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professional

31
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What type of program does this describe:
- additional training in a specialty
- average: 12 months
- APPAP: Association of postgraduate physician assistant programs (not all are ARC-PA approved)

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professional postgraduate

32
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Prior to 2020, what ways could someone get a PA degree?

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  • associate degree
  • bachelor degree
  • masters degree
33
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What is the certification for PAs?

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NCCPA
PANCE

34
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What is the eligibility for the PANCE test?

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  • graduate from an ARC-PA accredited PA program
  • eligibility is up to 6rys to take the test and have 6 tries after graduating
35
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What are some additional requirements for the PANCE?

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  • application (accepted 180 days from program completion date)
  • earliest to take the PANCE is 7 days after graduation
  • have 180 days from beginning of exam timeframe to take it
  • can only take exam once in 90 day period
  • no testing last 2 weeks of December
36
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What is the certification maintenance cycle for PAs?

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  • 10-year cycle
  • need 100 CME credits category i/category II (ohio 113)
37
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For certification maintenance, how many category I CME hours do you need?

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minimum 50 hours

38
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Performance improvement CME is a 3 step process that includes what?

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  1. compare aspect in your practice to national benchmarks/performance guidelines or other evidence-base metric/standard
  2. develop and implement plan for improvement in that area
  3. evaluate the impact by comparing before and after results
39
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What CME category is the active process of conducting a systematic review of one’s performance, knowledge base or skill set?

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Self assessment

40
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What are the different ways you can get category I CME for certification maintenance?

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  • clinical preceptors
  • performance improvement
  • self-assessment
41
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What are the characteristics of category II CME’s?

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  • no minimum
  • hour-by-hour basis
42
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What are medically related activities that enhance the role of a PA that include reading and non-category I CME courses/grand rounds?

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category II CMEs

43
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What is the recertifying PA exam?

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PANRE

44
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When is the eligibility to take the PANRE?

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9th or 10th year in practice

45
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What was adopted after the pilot PANRE?

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PANRE-LA

46
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What online exam is administered over 12 quarters, during the 7th-9th certification years and includes 25 times questions/quarter and permits references to be used?

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PANRE-LA

47
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What are some areas where PAs may need a certificate of added qualifications (CAQ)?

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  • cardiovascular/thoracic surgery
  • dermatology
  • emergency medicine
  • hospital medicine
  • nephrology
  • OB/GYN
  • orthopedic surgery
  • pediatrics
  • palliative medicine and hospice care
  • psychiatry
48
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Are CAQ requirements voluntary or required?

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voluntary

49
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What are the 4 core components for CAQ requirements?

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  1. category 1 in specialty CME
  2. 1-2 years of experience (in that field of practice)
  3. procedure/patient care case log specific to the specialty
  4. specialty exam
50
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What is granted by an official or legal authority to practice a profession within a designated scope of practice?

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Licensure

51
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What is the most appropriate level of PA regulation?

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licensure

52
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What verifies that a professional has met specific competencies through an assessment and is usually a non-regulatory body?

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certification

53
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What includes an official list of persons who have met legal requirements to practice and is no assurance that providers are qualified?

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registration

54
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What must a PA have in the state in which they are working?

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licensure

55
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What restricts practice to those individuals who have met the acceptable criteria to practice?

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licensure

56
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What are different licensing agencies?

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  • state medical board
  • other govt agencies such as department of health or professional licensing agency
57
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What could your state have related to licensing?

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  1. license to practice
  2. license to prescribe
58
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What are licensure requirements?

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  • graduate from ARC-PA accredited program
  • pass the PANCE
  • CME
  • malpractice history reporting
59
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What is between PA and physician, is maintained at the practice level, and involves questions related to responsibilities and limitations of the PA?

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supervision (collaboration) agreement

60
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What is required by The Joint Commission in Healthcare facilities?

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credentialing

61
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What is required in healthcare facilities?

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  • credentialing
  • privileges
62
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What describes what you are allowed to do while working in a healthcare facility but does not always correlate with the state law?

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privileges

63
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What may not have to be credentialed or apply for privileges, only if the practice regulates/requires it?

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private practice

64
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What do healthcare facilities have the option to do?

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limit practice/privileges and can be more restrictive than state law

65
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What validates providers’ credentials and practice history and includes 2 tiers?

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credentialing

66
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What tier of credentialing is the verification of primary credentials and competencies?

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tier one

67
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What tier of credentialing is the delineation of privileges, appointment, and reappointment?

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tier two

68
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What is the renewal time frame of credentialing/privileging?

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every 2 years

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