Mission, Vision, Values and Goals

The Program seeks to educate and prepare future Physician Assistants (PAs) to become equitable, spiritually minded, compassionate health care leaders with an emphasis on team-based healthcare delivery, collaboration, human diversity, and patient-centered care

The Doctor of Medical Science (DMSc) program will be a national leader for healthcare in community, clinical, educational and international settings.

• Inquiry: Prepare for community engagement through critical thinking and analysis
• Importance: Understand how knowledge and experience develop skills used in the service of humanity
• Impression: Connect learning to context while overcoming barriers and challenges with the help of others

We seek to advance the master’s level PA in three areas:

• Clinical practice: Develop PAs with an advanced level of competence and confidence in disaster and global healthcare
• Leadership development: Equip PAs with advanced skills to become vision-shapers in their local and global healthcare communities
• Scholarship: Broaden the scope and depth of competence in scholarship to promote self-directed, goal-focused, lifelong scholar-healthcare providers