The UNM PA Program provides students with the resources and support necessary to attain the knowledge, skills and ability to become competent physician assistants as evidenced by our success rates.

RSI पाठ्यचर्या is designed to comply with the national standards for PA education as described in the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc.

In keeping with the program’s mission, much of the curriculum is devoted to preparing the student for eventual service in the underserved and rural areas of New Mexico. Many of the clinical clerkships are in rural communities and require students to be away from metropolitan areas for as much as half of their clinical time.

The UNM PA Program is accredited by ARC-PA. Accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at: http://www.arc-pa.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Accreditation-History-U-NM-99.pdf

RSI चिकित्सक सहायक के लिए शिक्षा पर प्रत्यायन समीक्षा आयोग (ARC-PA) has granted accreditation-continued status to the University of New Mexico Physician Assistant Program sponsored by the University of New Mexico. Accreditation-continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program follows the ARC-PA standards.

The approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be September 2024. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the Accreditation Standards and ARC-PA policy.

To help achieve our program mission, we are committed to selecting a student body that represents the rich diversity of New Mexico’s population. Our students are culturally aware and recognize the need to care for the underserved patients in our state.

Each year, we receive over 500 applications. This provides a strong pool of candidates that are selected for an interview. We typically interview about 60 applicants for the available seats.

PA students integrate with UNM School of Medicine students for the first year and a half of their didactic training. The coursework is challenging, and our students’ success is based on recruiting and attracting highly qualified applicants, both academically and clinically, who will be able to handle the rigor of the program.

 

The UNM PA Program is committed to providing training that will prepare our students to become competent providers. This is reflected in our students’ exceptional PANCE pass rates.  See "Program Data" tab below for more information.

All UNM PA Program students are exposed to primary care and rural and underserved areas of New Mexico during their clinical rotations.  Approximately half of every graduating class is moved by our mission and choose to provide healthcare in primary care, rural or underserved areas.

Our high graduation rates can be attributed to our low student to faculty ratio per cohort.  We invest in our students’ futures and help in any way we can.

• PA Admissions Statistics
• PA ARC-PA Attrition Table
• PA 5-year Employment, Deceleration and Attrition
• PA NCCPA PANCE Pass Rates