Accreditation History of Postgraduate Programs
Historically the topic of accreditation of postgraduate programs is one dating to the 1980s. A summary of the history of the interest in postgraduate program accreditation follows.
| Date | Activity |
|---|---|
| 2020/03 | Clinical Post-Graduate Subcommission is established and clinical postgraduate accreditation proceeds under revised process and standards. |
| 2019/09 | The Commission approved the Clinical Postgraduate Accreditation Standards 3rd edition. |
| 2018/03 | Clinical Postgraduate Accreditation Taskforce began working on developing a new process and updated standards. |
| 2017/09 | ARC-PA Commission voted to clinical postgraduate PA programs out of abeyance. |
| 2014/08 | Accreditation process placed in abeyance pending further study. |
| 2008/03 | ARC-PA accredits first two clinical postgraduate PA programs |
| 2007/03 | ARC-PA approves accreditation standards for clinical postgraduate PA programs |
| 2006/03 | ARC-PA votes to begin providing accreditation services for clinical postgraduate PA programs |
| 2006/02 | ARC-PA appoints committee to continue study of accreditation of post entry level PA programs |
| 2005/09 | ARC-PA appoints committee to continue study of accreditation of post entry level PA programs |
| 2005/05 | AAPA House of Delegates passes policy statement in opposition to accreditation of postgraduate programs. APPAP passes motion reaffirming its desire to have ARC-PA proceed in developing an accreditation process. Task force has final meeting in Orlando |
| 2004/11 | Task force meets in Nashville, TN. Task force discusses working draft of accreditation process, policies, time line, costs, Standards |
| 2004/06 | Task force meets in Las Vegas, NV. APPAP formally asks ARC-PA to develop an accreditation process with cost estimates. |
| 2003/10 | Task force meets in Scottsdale, AZ |
| 2003/05 | Task force meets in New Orleans, LA. Discussion of possible Standards. |
| 2003/03 | ARC-PA decided that if there is to be an accreditation process, the ARC-PA should administer the process. |
| 2002/10 - 2002/12 | Task Force members surveyed regarding issues related to accrediting postgraduate PA programs |
| 2001/03 | Issue further discussed at ARC-PA meeting. ARC-PA invites APPAP, AAPA, APAP to join in Task Force |
| 2000/05 | Meeting of APPAP representatives and ARC-PA |
| 1999/09 | Workgroup reported issues identified and requested a meeting of the ARC-PA and APPAP to further explore the issue. |
| 1999/03 | The ARC-PA received a request from APPAP president to reconsider accrediting its member programs. A workgroup was appointed. |
| 1994/03 | The Committee declined to be involved in accrediting of post-graduate programs but offered technical assistance regarding the development of separate Standards. |
| 1992/09 | The ARC-PA entertained a presentation from representatives of the Association of Post-graduate Physician Assistant Programs (APPAP). Over the ensuing months additional information was garnered. |
| 1985/03 | The Joint Review Committee again brought up the issue of reconsidering the advisability of expanding the scope of its review to include post-graduate physician assistant programs. No decision was made. |
| 1981/02 | An adhoc Committee was appointed and reported its findings. It was the Joint Review Committee consensus opinion that it was inappropriate for the JRC to review post-graduate physician assistant programs at that time. |
| 1980/02 | The Joint Review Committee was first approached to review the issue of accrediting postgraduate physician assistant programs. |