RMUoHP Physician Assistant Program Granted Accreditation-Continued Status

PROVO, Utah–(BUSINESS WIRE)–lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/DMSc?src=hash" target="_blank"gt;#DMSclt;/agt;–The Master
of Physician Assistant (PA) Studies degree program at Rocky
Mountain University of Health Professions was granted
Accreditation-Continued status by the Accreditation Review Commission on
Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). Accreditation-Continued
status is granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance
with the ARC-PA standards.

“This is another great success for Rocky Mountain University of Health
Professions to help impact the future of healthcare,” said Mark J.
Horacek, PT, PhD, executive vice president for Academic Affairs and
Provost at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions (RMUoHP).
“The Physician Assistant program was awarded the status for 10-years,
which is the maximum duration for a PA program. The accreditation status
is a result of the previous five years of accreditation processes,
institutional support, and outstanding program outcomes resulting from
countless hours of dedication, planning and execution.”

Previously, the PA program held Accreditation-Provisional status.
Following an initial site visit in 2014, a mid-cycle site visit in 2016,
and a final provisional site visit in 2018, the program was granted
Accreditation-Continued status.

According to the ARC-PA, “The Accreditation Review Commission on
Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. has
granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Rocky
Mountain University of Health Professions Physician Assistant
Program sponsored by Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions.
Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a
currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.”

“Receiving Accreditation-Continued status bolsters confidence in our
graduate and future students who will know that the program provides the
expected education for entry level Physician Assistants,” said Michael
Nelson, DHSc, MPAS, PA-C, Department Chair and Master of Physician
Assistant Studies program director at Rocky Mountain University of
Health Professions. “The new status means the medical community has an
additional source of Physician Assistant training to help meet the needs
of the healthcare provider shortage in Utah and across the nation.”

The RMUoHP Masters of Physician Assistant Studies program is designed to
educate outstanding clinicians equipped to handle the challenges of
practicing medicine in a multifaceted and complex healthcare system. The
program emphasizes a holistic patient-centered care approach, educating
students not only in the foundational domains of medical knowledge and
patient care, but also to:

• approach complex health problems through sound clinical reasoning,
  with sensitivity for the unique situation and concerns of each
  individual patient,
• leverage the powers of information technology and collaborative
  networking to make thoughtful, evidence-based decisions at the
  point-of-care,
• master the art of connecting with patients of diverse characteristics
  and backgrounds, and
• serve as ethical professionals who stand as examples and leaders in
  their communities and amongst their colleagues.

In addition to the Master of Physician Assistant Studies degree program,
in 2019 RMUoHP began offering a new Doctor
of Medical Science (DMSc) degree program designed to expand PAs’
careers focused on skills, contributions, and leadership.

About Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions

Founded in 1998 and located in Provo, Utah, Rocky Mountain University of
Health Professions (RMUoHP) is accredited by the Northwest Commission on
Colleges and Universities, an institutional accrediting body recognized
by the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education. This accreditation
is the highest achievable in the United States. RMUoHP offers graduate
healthcare education exclusively and has a reputation for
high-quality, evidence-based, and outcomes-oriented healthcare programs. www.rm.edu

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