{"id":5228,"date":"2012-04-14T02:00:14","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T02:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10%20years%20of%20excellence"},"modified":"2018-01-22T20:01:35","modified_gmt":"2018-01-22T20:01:35","slug":"physician-assistant-studies-celebrates-10th-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/physician-assistant-studies-celebrates-10th-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"Physician Assistant Studies celebrates 10th anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><strong><span class=\"txthead\">10 years of excellence<\/span> <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"txt\"><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8232\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/pa-patient.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"424\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/pa-patient.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/pa-patient-133x150.jpg 133w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/pa-patient-266x300.jpg 266w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>1995<\/b><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"txt\">School of Health Professions (SHP) begins participating in a collaborative Physician Assistant Studies (PAS) program with the U.S. Army at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio. Students receive classroom instruction through the Army and complete clinical rotations through the SHP. They graduate with a certificate of completion from the Army and a bachelor\u2019s degree in PAS from the UT Health Science Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>2000 <\/b><br \/>\nSHP initiates its own PAS program with 20 students.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"  wp-image-8235 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PA_2002_grads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"501\" height=\"412\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PA_2002_grads.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PA_2002_grads-150x124.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PA_2002_grads-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 501px) 100vw, 501px\" \/>2002<\/b><br \/>\nFirst class of physician assistant students graduates from the UT Health Science Center.<\/p>\n<p><b>2003<\/b><br \/>\nSHP launches the three-year master\u2019s program.<\/p>\n<p><b>2005 <\/b><br \/>\nPlanned gift from Dr. A. David Mangelsdorff establishes the program\u2019s first endowment.<\/p>\n<p><b>2006<\/b><br \/>\nFirst master\u2019s degree class graduates.<\/p>\n<p><b><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-8236\" src=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PAExam.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PAExam.jpg 600w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PAExam-150x141.jpg 150w, https:\/\/magazines.uthscsa.edu\/mission-old\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2016\/01\/PAExam-300x281.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/>2007 <\/b><br \/>\nSHP extends the PAS program to the Regional Campus in Laredo through distance learning with a cohort of six students.<\/p>\n<p><b>2010 <\/b><br \/>\nFirst cohort in Laredo graduates.<\/p>\n<p><b>2011<\/b><br \/>\nU.S. News &amp; World Report ranks PAS program 18th in the nation.<\/p>\n<p><b>2012<\/b><br \/>\nSHP streamlined the PAS program to a two-year master\u2019s degree without sacrificing quality, and expands the overall cohort to 40 students; 1,389 potential students compete for 40 slots in the PA program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 years of excellence 1995 School of Health Professions (SHP) begins participating in a collaborative Physician Assistant Studies (PAS) program [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":8236,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[148],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-spring-2012"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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