Creating a Physician Assistant Workforce That Represents All Communities 

Health Justice Fellow, Bryant Rucker, published a blog post on the Milbank Memorial Fund website on discussing the importance of Physician Assistant workforce diversity. 

“As a physician assistant (PA) student at the University of Utah, I will soon become a member of the one of the fastest growing health care professions in the United States. Yet, I am one of very few Black PA students not only in Utah, but nationally. According to a recent study, only 3.5% of recent PA graduates were members of underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (Black, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islanders), and only 6.4% were Hispanic. By comparison, nearly 25% of the US population are members of racial and ethnic minority groups and 19.5% are Hispanic, and these percentages are growing.”

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