Training the Next Generation of Georgia's Physician Assistants

Going back to the mid 1960's, Duke and Emory University have the longest-running physician assistant programs in the nation. As of this week, Berry College in Rome, GA., has the newest. Answering a need for a critical shortage of medical professionals in Georgia, Berry College has launched its own Physician Associate program. Classes began on Aug. 25 for the 28 initial graduate students in the two-year program that will eventually graduate 40 new PA's each year. You will hear from student Kirsten Powell, PA Program Director Victoria Galloway, Berry College Medical Director Dr. Ryan Stanger, and Berry College Provost Dr, David F. Slade on what it took the build the new program from scratch and the excellence they expect from their future graduates. By the way, in this context, "physician assistant" and "physician associate" are interchangeable.