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News
Special
Note: Scheduling Site Visits (4.8.08)
The ARC-PA agenda for the March 2009 meeting is closed and the ARC-PA is not scheduling of any more site visits during the period preceding that meeting. The next opportunity for a visit would be between March 30 – July 10, 2009, for the September, 2009 commission meeting.
Currently accredited programs are contacted by the ARC-PA approximately12-15 months before their next visit to select specific dates for a site visit. However, based on the program accreditation letter and when the next comprehensive evaluation is to occur, programs may contact the ARC-PA at anytime to request the scheduling of the site visit.
Developing entry level programs are reminded to contact executive director John McCarty to schedule their site visits in a timely fashion.
Clinical
postgraduate programs applying for initial accreditation should contact
associate director Laura
Stuetzer regarding the process (curriculum and administrative reviews)
and timeline involved in being prepared to schedule a site visit.
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Important
News from the March, 2008, ARC-PA Meeting!!: (3.08)
The March meeting was a busy one with much news to share with programs.
News includes more changes to the Standards regarding Recognized
regional Agencies and an important change to program director requirements
(Standard A2.06). The ARC-PA has clarified its geographic scope
and has published its new fee schedule through 2011. Click here for
all the news details in
a pdf document.
ARC-PA seeks public commissioner nominations: (3.08) The Public Member serves as a consumer advocate, representing the public interest in relation to the accreditation of physician assistant programs. The public member commissioner attends the semi-annual (March and