Unsere Mission  

Das UNM PA-Programm ist von ARC-PA akkreditiert. Der Accreditation Review Commission on Education für den Arzt-Assistent (ARC-PA) hat dem von der University of New Mexico gesponserten Physician Assistant Program der University of New Mexico den Akkreditierungsstatus zuerkannt. Akkreditierung fortgeführt ist ein Akkreditierungsstatus, der gewährt wird, wenn ein derzeit akkreditiertes Programm den ARC-PA-Standards entspricht.

Das ungefähre Datum für die nächste Validierungsüberprüfung des Programms durch die ARC-PA ist 2024. Das Überprüfungsdatum hängt von der fortgesetzten Einhaltung der Akkreditierungsstandards und der ARC-PA-Richtlinie ab. Der Akkreditierungsverlauf kann auf der ARC-PA-Website eingesehen werden.

Die Mission des Physician Assistant (PA)-Programms der University of New Mexico besteht darin, PA-Studenten zu mustergültigen Anbietern mit Schwerpunkt auf Grundversorgungsmedizin für die unterversorgte und ländliche Bevölkerung von New Mexico auszubilden.

Das UNM PA-Programm bietet den Studenten die erforderlichen Ressourcen und Unterstützung, um das Wissen, die Fähigkeiten und die Fähigkeit zu erlangen, kompetente Arzthelferinnen zu werden, wie unsere Erfolgsquoten belegen.

Das Lehrplan wurde entwickelt, um den nationalen Standards für die PA-Ausbildung zu entsprechen, wie in der Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.

Im Einklang mit der Mission des Programms ist ein Großteil des Lehrplans darauf ausgerichtet, den Studenten auf einen späteren Dienst in den unterversorgten und ländlichen Gebieten von New Mexico vorzubereiten. Viele der klinischen Praktika finden in ländlichen Gemeinden statt und erfordern, dass die Studenten die Hälfte ihrer klinischen Zeit nicht in Ballungsräumen verbringen.

The University of New Mexico Physician Assistant Program strives to meet the following goals: 

Recruit and enroll a diverse student body consisting of an average of at least 50% of matriculated students from one or more of the following, based on self-reported data, from the 3 most recently matriculated cohorts: 

• The first generation in the family to attend college (neither mother nor father attended college)
• Graduated from a high school from which a low percentage of seniors receive a high school diploma
• Graduated from a high school at which many of the enrolled students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunches
• From a family that receives public assistance (g. Aid to Families with Dependent Children, food stamps, Medicaid, public housing) or the individual receives public assistance
• From a family that lives in an area that is designated as a Health Professional Shortage Area or a Medically Underserved Area
• Participated in an academic enrichment program funded in whole or in part by the Health Careers Opportunity Program
• High-school drop-out who received AHS diploma or GED
• From a school district where 50% or less of graduates go to college or where college education is not encouraged
• Economically disadvantaged background based on parent's family income
• English is not primary language
• From isolated rural (population <2,500) geographic area
• Haben im US-Militär gedient

The UNM PA Program has met this goal based on self-reported data from the three most recently matriculated cohorts, as shown in this Tabelle.

The PA Program faculty and staff participate in a minimum of six outreach activities per year targeted toward sharing information with prospective students from rural and underserved backgrounds.

Additionally, the PA Program offers individual pre-application and post-application advisement appointments for all New Mexico residents, in alignment with our mission, to support prospective PA students from across our state in achieving their educational goals.  

Prepare graduates to work in rural and underserved areas of New Mexico.  

UNM PA Program students receive training on work with rural and underserved populations throughout the didactic curriculum. Students participate in the Health of New Mexico course at the start of the PA curriculum.  This course focuses on identifying some of the major health problems in New Mexico, the history of the efforts to improve health in the state, and the role of PAs in addressing these issues.  Students also discuss the social determinants in causes and solutions for major health concerns in New Mexico.  Throughout the remainder of the didactic curriculum, instruction on caring for and communicating with the demographic populations and ethnic diversity of New Mexicans is woven into courses such as the Geriatrics and Clinical Skills series courses.   

UNM PA students’ clinical curriculum includes a significant focus on training for rural and underserved populations. To best prepare UNM PA graduates to work in rural and underserved areas, each student, on average, partakes in three or more rural rotations that are outside of the Albuquerque and Santa Fe areas. This accounts for at least one-third of their nine-month clinical curriculum. Through this, not only do students become acquainted with the socioeconomic difficulties of underserved, rural areas, but the experiences encourage them to become invested in the communities in which they serve and grow. Furthermore, UNM PA students participate in a HRSA grant project awarded to the UNM PA Program, titled “Enhancing Physician Assistant Training to Serve Rural and Underserved Communities of New Mexico.” As part of this project, we have partnered with five underserved healthcare communities throughout the state, allowing students to remain in the same rural, underserved location for three consecutive months, creating an even more robust learning experience. In return, our program and students are developing future clinician hiring and community investment pipelines within these rural and underserved areas. 

The UNM PA Program’s focus on rural and underserved communities is clear in the post-graduation survey data collected by the program UNM PA 5-year Post Grad/Alumni Profiles Table, showing a large portion of graduates who provide care to these populations following graduation. 

Maintain an 85% or better average graduation rate for the 3 most recently graduated cohorts (average of 3 cohorts together).  

The UNM PA Program’s average graduation rate for the Cohorts 2020, 2021, and 2022 is currently 96%, as seen in the program’s post-graduation survey data.  

Note: students are considered graduated at the time all program components have been completed and all requirements have been met. In the case of decelerated students, students are considered part of the cohort with which they initially matriculated and are considered graduated once all requirements have been satisfied.  

Maintain a five-year average first time PANCE pass rate within 10% of the national average. 

The UNM PA Program’s first time PANCE pass rate, averaged over the past 5 years, is 90% (cohorts 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022). PA NCCPA PANCE Passpreise This is within 10% of the national average, which is currently 92%.

Sorgfalt
Demonstriert beharrliche Arbeit und Anstrengung mit ehrlicher Selbsteinschätzung und Korrektur, um das Ziel mit Exzellenz zu erreichen; zeigt Hartnäckigkeit und Ausdauer.

Freundlichkeit
Die Eigenschaft, empathisch, aufrichtig und respektvoll anderen gegenüber zu sein, was durch Service, Worte und Taten gezeigt wird.

Respekt
Art, andere zu behandeln oder über andere nachzudenken, die Demut und soziale Kompetenz umfasst.

Zusammenarbeit
Aktion der Zusammenarbeit mit kooperativem Geist und gegenseitigem Respekt, um etwas zu produzieren oder zu schaffen.

Elastizität
Aktion der Zusammenarbeit mit kooperativem Geist und gegenseitigem Respekt, um etwas zu produzieren oder zu schaffen.

Integrität
Facette des moralischen Charakters, die Ehrlichkeit und persönliche Verantwortlichkeit verkörpert; von moralischen Prinzipien geleitet und bereit, das Richtige zu tun, ungeachtet der Konsequenzen.

Ambition
Antrieb, der mit intensiver Begeisterung in die Tat umgesetzt wird, um etwas zu erreichen, das persönlich sinnvoll ist.

• PA-Zulassungsstatistiken
• PA ARC-PA-Abnutzungstabelle
• PA 5-Jahres-Beschäftigung, Entschleunigung und Fluktuation
• PA NCCPA PANCE Passpreise