• CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • EMERGENCY MEDICINE • HOSPI-TAL MEDICINE • NEPHROLOGY • FAMILY MEDICINE • ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY • PEDIATRICS • PSYCHIATRY • CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • EMER-GENCY MEDICINE • NEPHROLOGY • FAMILY MEDICINE • HOSPITAL MEDICINE • ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY • PEDIATRICS • PSYCHIATRY • CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • EMERGENCY MEDICINE • HOSPITAL MEDICINE • NEPHROLO-GY • FAMILY MEDICINE • ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY • PEDIATRICS • PSYCHIATRY • CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • EMERGENCY MEDICINE • HOSPITAL MEDICINE • NEPHROLOGY • FAMILY MEDICINE • ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY • PEDIAT-RICS • PSYCHIATRY • CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • EMERGENCY MEDICINE • HOSPITAL MEDICINE • NEPHROLOGY • ORTHOPAEDIC SURGERY • PEDIATRICS • PSYCHIATRY • CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • HOSPI-TAL MEDICINE • HOSPITAL MEDICINE • NEPHROLOGY • FAMILY MEDICINE • ORTHO-PAEDIC SURGERY • PEDIATRICS • PSYCHIATRY • CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY • FAMILY MEDICINE • EMERGEMEDICINE •

PAs PERFORM ROUTINE MEDICAL SERVICES AND INTRICATE PROCEDURES

MEDIAN AGE OF PAs IS69% OF PAs ARE WOMEN

13% OF PAs

WORK IN 2 OR MORE

CLINICAL POSITIONS

U.S. News & World Report ranked the PA profession as #3 in the “100 Best Jobs” list of 2019.

DEMAND IS HIGH FOR RECENTLY CERTIFIED PAs

NUMBER OF JOB OFFERS

RECEIVED

TOP 5 PA PRACTICE AREAS BY SPECIALTY

YRS

29.0%

14.9%25.1 %

4.0% 13.0% 14.1% 18.5%

FAMILY MEDICINE/GENERAL PRACTICE

SURGICAL SUBSPECIALTIES

INTERNAL MEDICINE

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

DERMATOLOGY

19.2%

Perform physical exams

Perform surgical

procedures

Order & interpret lab tests

Monitor & manage hospital

inpatients

Prescribe medicine & educate patients

PASS the PA

National Certifying Exam

PAs RETAIN CERTIFICATION THROUGHOUT THEIR CAREER

PAs:

PAs TREAT 9.1 MILLION

PATIENTS/WEEK

THAT’S473 MILLIONPATIENT VISITS/YEAR

Pass a recertification assessment

every 10 years

THERE ARE CURRENTLY

131,000 CERTIFIED PAs,

a 64% INCREASE since 2010.

TO BECOME CERTIFIED, PAs MUST:

Earn 100 continuing medical education (CME)

credits every 2 years

GRADUATE from an accredited

PA program (master’s level)

22.6%

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IN EVERY SPECIALTY AND CLINICAL SETTING

23% OF PAs COMMUNICATE WITH PATIENTS IN A SECOND LANGUAGE

1-750 751-1,395

2,919+1,396-2,918

Number of Certified PAs by State