Assessing the Impact of a Professional Development Program for Physician Assistant Program Directors

Alexander, Lisa; Auth, Patrick; Carlson, Rachel; Davison, Meredith

doi:10.1097/jpa.0000000000000214

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“…First, efforts targeted at reducing and preventing burnout can be made to enhance the job satisfaction of current PDs by providing opportunities for professional development, mentorship, and leadership training. The perceived value and retention benefits of professional development for PA faculty have been described in the literature [ 19 , 20 ], including those specific to PA PDs [ 21 ].…”

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Physician assistant education program director attrition and consideration to leave

Sasek,

Kilstrom,

Opar

et al. 2023

BMC Med Educ

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Background This study explores factors related to physician assistant (PA) education program directors’ (PD) consideration to leave their leadership role. This is important to better understand, with the need for additional PA education PDs as the number of PA programs grows in addition to current PA program leaders considering leaving their PD role. Methods Data from the 2019 Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Faculty and Directors Survey were used to analyze factors related to consideration for leaving the PD position. Multiple logistic regression analyses were utilized to identify predictors of PD consideration for leaving their position. Multiple regression analyses were also used to explore factors related to burnout. Results The study found burnout was a modest predictor for consideration of leaving the PD position, while underrepresented minority status was not. Additional job stress, job satisfaction, and job experience variables were found to have a modest relationship with consideration of leaving, with odds ratios between 0.28 (lack of faculty respecting each other) and 5.29 (stress from lack of personal time) for those with statistically significant relationships. Conclusions PD consideration of leaving is a complex phenomenon with many variables and confounding factors likely at play, including, as demonstrated by this study, level of burnout. Study implications include a further understanding of how effective strategies might be designed and implemented to address the drivers of PA PD attrition. Further exploration of burnout as a possible mediating variable as well as more specific data collection directed at better understanding predictors of PD attrition would be valuable future research directions.

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