Moderated by Jennifer Montemayor

In this presentation, Kara Caruthers, MSPAS, PA-C, Immediate Past President of the PA Education Association and Associate Professor at the PA Sciences Program at Meharry Medical College, will discuss the role of PAs and PA education in the current and future healthcare environment. PAs have been a part of American healthcare since 1965 and have grown exponentially over the last twenty years. With the increased demand for clinicians to meet the national and global healthcare needs, she will address the role of PA education to ensure the development of competent clinicians.