TY - JOUR AU - Ahmed, Naveed AU - Fahringer, David PY - 2021/07/15 Y2 - 2024/03/29 TI - Saudi Arabia Physician Assistants JF - Social Innovations Journal JA - SIJ VL - 8 IS - SE - Equity and Justice DO - UR - https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/1002 SP - AB - <p>The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest Arab state in the Gulf Cooperation Council and makes up 80% of the Arabian Peninsula. &nbsp;In pursuit of providing the most advanced healthcare available to its people, the Medical Services Division (MSD) of the Ministry of Defense &amp; Aviation, adopted the Physician Assistant profession as an adjunct model which was initiated in 2010 through collaboration with George Washington University Medical Faculty Associates (GWU-MFA), Dept. of Emergency Medicine</p><p>The program was guided by high standards set forth by the U.S. based Accreditation Review Commission on PA Education (ARC-PA) and focused on the core competencies of Physician Assistant medical practice established by the U.S. National Commission for the Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA).</p> ER -