September 23, 2009Harding’s Physician Assistant Program receives continued accreditationSEARCY, Ark. — Harding University’s Physician Assistant Program hasbeen awarded continued accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA). The 28-month graduate program began at Harding in summer 2005 and is the first physician assistant program in Arkansas. Currently, there are 64 students enrolled in the program. "We are honored at having received accreditation for a period of five years with no citations. This is unusual for a program as young as Harding's,” said Dr. Michael Murphy, program director. “The credit goes to the program faculty and staff and our many clinical preceptors who have all worked so hard to meet the accreditation standards and provide quality PA education and clinical training for our students." The program's next review by ARC-PA will be in September 2014. For more information about the physician assistant program, visit www.harding.edu/paprogram. Harding had a record enrollment this year of more than 6,600 students from all 50 states and 49 foreign countries. It is the largest private university in Arkansas and attracts more National Merit Scholars than any other private university in the state. Harding also maintains campuses in Australia, Chile, England, France/Switzerland, Greece, Italy and Zambia. |
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