PAEA COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW SHEET
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● What does a AAPA stand for?
Answer: American Academy of Physician Assistants
●● What is the only national professional society for PAs?
Answer: AAPA
●● In what year was the AAPA founded?
Answer: 1968
●● What is the mission of the AAPA?
Answer: Provides innovative solutions that empower its members to
connect, enhance their careers and improve patient health
●● What are the AAPA values?
Answer: Leadership and service; unity and teamwork; accountability
and transparency; excellence and equity
●● What are the strategic commitments of the AAPA?
,Answer: Drive excellence in PA practice; optimize PA utilization; and
grow the PA profession
●● What publications does the AAPA publish?
Answer: PA Professional and Journal of the American Academy of
Physician Assistants
●● What does PAEA stand for?
Answer: Physician Assistant Education Association
●● This national organization represents PA educational programs.
Answer: PAEA
●● What is the mission of PAEA?
Answer: To pursue excellence, foster faculty development, advance the
body of knowledge that defines quality education and patient centered
care, and promote diversity in all aspects of physician assistant
education.
●● What is the publication of PAEA?
Answer: Journal of Physician Assistant Education
●● What does a ARC-PA stand for?
, Answer: Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the
Physician Assistant
●● This organization is responsible for scheduling the comprehensive
on-site review.
Answer: ARC-PA
●● This organization evaluates PA programs and awards accreditation
based on compliance with guidelines in the standards.
Answer: ARC-PA
●● In what year were standards for PA programs first established?
Answer: 1971
●● True or false: ARC-PA approval is required for program eligibility
for grant funding and graduates eligibility for certifying examination.
Answer: True
●● What does NCCPA stand for?
Answer: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
●● What is the mission of the NCCPA?
QUESTIONS AND DETAILED SOLUTIONS
●● What does a AAPA stand for?
Answer: American Academy of Physician Assistants
●● What is the only national professional society for PAs?
Answer: AAPA
●● In what year was the AAPA founded?
Answer: 1968
●● What is the mission of the AAPA?
Answer: Provides innovative solutions that empower its members to
connect, enhance their careers and improve patient health
●● What are the AAPA values?
Answer: Leadership and service; unity and teamwork; accountability
and transparency; excellence and equity
●● What are the strategic commitments of the AAPA?
,Answer: Drive excellence in PA practice; optimize PA utilization; and
grow the PA profession
●● What publications does the AAPA publish?
Answer: PA Professional and Journal of the American Academy of
Physician Assistants
●● What does PAEA stand for?
Answer: Physician Assistant Education Association
●● This national organization represents PA educational programs.
Answer: PAEA
●● What is the mission of PAEA?
Answer: To pursue excellence, foster faculty development, advance the
body of knowledge that defines quality education and patient centered
care, and promote diversity in all aspects of physician assistant
education.
●● What is the publication of PAEA?
Answer: Journal of Physician Assistant Education
●● What does a ARC-PA stand for?
, Answer: Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the
Physician Assistant
●● This organization is responsible for scheduling the comprehensive
on-site review.
Answer: ARC-PA
●● This organization evaluates PA programs and awards accreditation
based on compliance with guidelines in the standards.
Answer: ARC-PA
●● In what year were standards for PA programs first established?
Answer: 1971
●● True or false: ARC-PA approval is required for program eligibility
for grant funding and graduates eligibility for certifying examination.
Answer: True
●● What does NCCPA stand for?
Answer: National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
●● What is the mission of the NCCPA?
