1 is a Hospitalist Physician; is a Physician Assistant and Director of Physician Assistant Education; is a Hospitalist Physician and Director of Quality Improvement, Geriatrics Extended Care Service; is a Geriatrics and Palliative Care Physician; and is a Physician Assistant; all at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System in Massachusetts. is a Physician Assistant and Director of Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Program; and Sandra Vilbrun-Bruno is an Instructor in Medical Sciences and Education; both at Boston University School of Medicine. Marcus Ruopp, Amy Baughman, and Susan Nathan are Instructors in Medicine at Harvard Medical School in Boston.
Addressing the shortage of clerkship sites, the VA Boston Healthcare System developed a physician assistant training program in a postacute health care setting.