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PAEA International Affairs Committee Resources & Documents

 

The PAEA International Affairs Committee has developed several documents (see below) related to international rotations for PA students. The materials are guidelines that can be used by Programs to assist with the development of international rotations for students. The committee welcomes any feedback on the documents and plans to update them annually.

The committee has approached the Global Health Education Consortium (GHEC) and the Association for Medical Education in Europe (AMEE) concerning our involvement in these organizations. In addition, the PAEA IAC plans to work closely with the AAPA IAC on international PA issues.

In the last year, the IAC created a module http://admin.globalhealthedu.org/Documents/28/player.html on PAs in the Global Workforce as part of the Global Health Education Consortium modules project. Visit the GHEC web site at www.globalhealth-ec.org. 

The following .pdf documents are available:

Guidelines for International Electives (part of the International White Paper)

The IAC poster titled "The Global Applicability of Physician Assistants"

Physician Assistant Programs: A Guide for International Program Development — November 2004

A Report on the Findings of the Ad Hoc
Committee on International Physician Assistant Education — October 2003

 

The following Word document files are available:

Professionalism Guidelines for International Rotations

PA International Rotation Issues

PA International Rotation Checklist

Sample International Rotation Release

International Resources

 

IAC Presents Outcomes of Survey on International Rotations

The PAEA International Affairs Committee (IAC) is pleased to share with you the results of its May 2007 survey to determine the status of international rotations among PA programs. The IAC has grouped the PA programs with international rotations by regions and then the countries within them to which the programs send their students.

 

2007 International Rotation Survey Results

• Survey Response Rate 76.1% (102 of 134 programs)

• Active International Rotations (less than 2 years old) 33% of respondents

• Inactive (over 2 years old) International rotations 43% of respondents

• Total students sent in 2005 was 228 out of a total respondent class size of 2610 or 9%

• Total students sent in 2006 was 233 out of a total respondent class size of 2371 or 10%

 

2006 International Rotation Survey Results

• Survey Response Rate 76.1% (102 of 134 programs)

• Active/Inactive International rotations 69.6% (71 of 102 programs)

• Active International Rotations 38.2% (39 of 102 programs)

• Total students sent in 2004 was 152 out of a total respondent class size of 1132 or 13.42%

• Total students sent in 2005 was 180 out of a total respondent class size of 1276 or 14.10%

Thanks to all of you who participated.

IAC Presents Outcomes of Survey on Faculty International Experiences

In March 2005, the IAC conducted a survey on PA faculty international experience. Of the 328 faculty members who responded, 104 of them stated that they have been involved in some aspect of international experience. Not surprisingly, Mexico and Central America is the geographic location most visited by PA faculty. The other geographical areas of PA faculty involvement are: Asia/Middle East #2 and Africa #3

A complete listing of all the countries where PA faculty members are involved can be found on the accompanying chart.

Approximately 21% of the faculty members that responded having participated in international health care activities are involved in patient care. Other activities include: teaching international health courses (9%), precepting PA students (6%), supervising international health projects (7%), and doing conference presentations on the PA profession (10%).

Finally 37% of the respondents stated that they had experience in immigrant/refugee health care. 23% was in clinical work, 11% was involved in teaching about immigration and refugee topics and 3% responded that they are involved in policy making decisions regarding immigration issues.

The IAC offers these outcomes as a networking resource for those planning international rotations. Please share these resources with your faculty members, students and others who may find it useful.

Should you have any questions reagrding these surveys, please contact Geraldene Darden, gdarden@paeaonline.org.

Please feel free to contact the PAEA IAC regarding issues related to international rotations for PA students.

 

Regards,

David Fahringer, Chair

 

Links to other International resources:

 

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