Building a Research Culture in Physician Assistant Education

Ritsema, Tamara S.; Cawley, James F.

doi:10.1097/01367895-201425020-00003

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“…1 Multiple barriers to PA research productivity have been suggested. [2][3][4][5][6][7] PA educators often cite demands placed on their time by clinical responsibilities, heavy teaching loads, and service expectations. 4,8,9 Few educators report having protected time to pursue scholarship or professional development.…”

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“…4,8,9 Few educators report having protected time to pursue scholarship or professional development. 5 The majority of PA faculty (67%) continue to work clinically during their faculty appointments. 1 Hegmann and Dehn reported that program directors place little emphasis on scholarship despite institutional expectations to the contrary.…”

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“…4,11,12 Few PAs in the professoriate have the training and experience they need to conduct research and writing. 3,5,13 While PAs traditionally enter the profession to deliver patient care, academia requires them to acquire a different skill set. 14,15 Evidence-based medicine and the ability to critically evaluate scientific literature became an accreditation requirement of PA curricula relatively recently.…”

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Barriers to Research: A National Survey of Physician Assistant Faculty

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Welch

Garino

2023

J Physician Assist Educ

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IntroductionSuccess in research is a well-known challenge for physician assistant (PA) educators. Multiple barriers to research productivity have been proposed. This study examines potential barriers to PA research productivity.MethodsTwo hundred forty-seven PA programs were stratified by region and Carnegie classification, creating 28 strata. One program was randomly sampled from each stratum, and faculty from sampled programs were invited to participate (N = 214). An electronic survey was deployed via Qualtrics. Data were analyzed, accounting for the stratified survey sample design. Reported are proportions with associated 95% confidence intervals.ResultsSurvey response rate was 53% (N = 114). The mean age was 46.7 years [44.5, 48.8 years] and 61% [52.4, 70.4] of respondents were female. Most respondents (53.5%; [44.2, 62.8]) were assistant professors and reported being employed as PA faculty for a mean of 12.4 years [11.2, 13.7 years]. Most respondents (68.1%; [59.7, 76.6]) reported 0 peer-reviewed research articles regardless of number of years as faculty. Few reported an interest in research (22.3%; [14.3, 29.9]) or felt internally driven to perform research (35.4%; [26.6, 44.2]). Most pursued a faculty position to teach (78.1%; [70.5, 85.7]) and spent little time pursuing research. Only 15.8% ([9.7, 21.9]) received research mentorship.DiscussionThis study identified lack of interest in research by faculty and lack of mentorship engagement as important factors underlying the profession’s poor scholarly output. Initiatives to increase scholarship must first focus on fostering individual interest and increasing motivation.

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Barriers to Research: A National Survey of Physician Assistant Faculty

Lolar

Welch

Garino

2023

J Physician Assist Educ

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“…6 PAs are frequently misrepresented and misunderstood by health workforce researchers, likely because we do not have enough PA researchers or journal peer reviewers. Few PAs are trained in research, which may be the primary reason why PAs are not part of many research teams.…”

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2014

Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

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“…Physician associate/assistant (PA) involvement in research is important to support professional advocacy, improve PA education, and contribute to innovations and improvements in patient care. However, published analyses characterize PA contributions to research as limited, despite a prolific subset of PA researchers 1-6. Data about publication patterns of PA researchers are lacking, but among PA educators, a 2012 study found that the top 25th percentile of respondents were responsible for nearly all the publications in the entire group 7.…”

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Characteristics of highly prolific PA authors who contributed research to JAAPA and JPAE

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2023

Jaapa

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Objective: Highly published physician associate/assistant (PA) researchers were surveyed to quantify experienced support patterns that may inform increased support of PA-led research. Methods: Publication volume of authors of research articles published in JAAPA and the Journal of Physician Assistant Education (JPAE) between 2011 and 2020 was recorded. PAs in the upper quartile were emailed surveys containing demographics and 25 Likert-scale questions. Descriptive statistics and binomial exact test were completed. Results: Sixty-fi ve of the 73 PAs were contacted by email; 26 participated; and 35% were female. Social support measures were high; respondents were mentors and mentees, who work collaboratively. Material support and educational support measures were lower and most reported no funding nor pay for research; they did not learn research skills in PA school. However, they feel recognized, and fi nd joy in research. Conclusions: Successful PA researchers fi nd joy despite low material support regarding funding, pay, and protected time. Women and racial minorities were underrepresented; research is needed to examine potential barriers.

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Building a Research Culture in Physician Assistant Education

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Barriers to Research: A National Survey of Physician Assistant Faculty

Barriers to Research: A National Survey of Physician Assistant Faculty

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Characteristics of highly prolific PA authors who contributed research to JAAPA and JPAE

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