Recommendations From the PA Clinical Doctorate Summit

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Cynthia Lord, MHS, PA-C Is the clinical doctorate appropriate for the physician assistant as an entry-level degree, as a post-graduate degree, or not at all? Those are just a few of the questions discussed recently at the PA Clinical Doctorate Summit held in Atlanta. Cynthia Lord, president of the American Academy of Physician Assistants and the program director of the Physician Assistant Program at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, joins host Lisa D'Andrea Lenell to discuss the recommendations made by an independent panel of health professionals. The two also talk about a possible bridge program for PAs to go to medical school as well as future summits and advanced training for PAs in the future.