The Physician Assistant Program at Elon

Elon’s Physician Assistant Studies program (PA), offered through the School of Health Sciences, prepares graduates to think critically and act skillfully to meet expanding health care needs in local and global communities. Students are immersed in a curriculum structured around active learning strategies through collaborative work with faculty, scholars and practitioners in the field. The 24-month program prepares graduates to employ the most current knowledge to care for patients’ physical, emotional and spiritual needs and advance health care equity.

months of clinical rotations

Preceptor Information

96%

overall first time PANCE pass rate

Graduate Outcomes

About

Patient-Centered

Elon’s primary care-focused Physician Assistant program employs a holistic approach to health care that emphasizes medical knowledge, interpersonal communication, patient care, professionalism and practice-and systems-linked learning.

About the Elon PA

Academics

An Innovative Approach

Elon is consistently recognized as a national leader in engaged learning. The Elon Physician Assistant Program intentionally infuses the curriculum with a variety of strategies to motivate

Academics

Outcomes

Be a Change Agent

Prepare to be a leader in your field. Graduates are ready to work in one of the most in-demand professions nationwide. The Elon Physician Assistant Program intentionally emphasizes primary care as a means to produce graduates that care for the growing and aging population at a time when there is a shortage of physicians.

Outcomes

Current and Incoming Student Resources

For current and incoming Elon University students, access information pertaining to graduate student life, incoming student information, student handbook and the academic calendar.

Student Resources

Elon PA Program News

Enosh Ishman G’26 selected for prestigious health policy fellowship
The physician assistant studies student has been selected to participate in this fellowship designed to develop leadership skills in the healthcare industry.
Elon School of Health Sciences welcomes new faculty members
From nursing to clinical mental health counseling, several new faculty members will be teaching in Elon’s School of Health Sciences.
Elon PA students attend and compete at the National AAPA Conference in Denver, Colorado
This year, the national event was held in Denver, Colorado, from May 15 to 19, and Elon PA was proudly represented by 14 students and two faculty members.

Elon PA Accreditation

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) has granted Accreditation-Continued status to the Elon University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Elon University.

Accreditation-Continued is an accreditation status granted when a currently accredited program is in compliance with the ARC-PA Standards.

Accreditation remains in effect until the program closes or withdraws from the accreditation process or until accreditation is withdrawn for failure to comply with the Standards. The approximate date for the next validation review of the program by the ARC-PA will be September 2026. The review date is contingent upon continued compliance with the Accreditation Standards and ARC-PA policy.

The program’s accreditation history can be viewed on the ARC-PA website at http://www.arc-pa.org/accreditation-history-elon-university/. The student attrition data for our program is available here.

Physician Assistant Program at Elon