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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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PAs DoThat!#PAs PRACTICE MEDICINE
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