Scholars@Duke
Karen Jane Hills

Karen Jane Hills

Professor Emerita in Family Medicine and Community Health
Family Medicine and Community Health, Physician Assistant Program
karen.hills@duke.edu
DUMC 104780, Durham, NC 27710
800 South Duke Street, Durham, NC 27701

Selected Publications

Meeting the Accreditation Standard for Diversity.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · March 1, 2023 While increasing diversity has been an ongoing concern in physician assistant (PA) education, there is now a concentrated focus on diversity, equity, inclusion, and social justice, elevating these to top priorities. To achieve the goal of diversifying the ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reflections on a Physician Assistant Entrance Exam: Does the Profession Need One?

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · March 1, 2021 Standardized entrance exams are used in many health professions as one way to objectively measure knowledge and facilitate comparisons across student groups. The physician assistant (PA) profession has historically not employed a profession-specific entran ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reimagining Physician Assistant Education.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · September 2020 The physician assistant (PA) profession has successfully flourished for over 50 years, demand for graduates remains strong, and there is a wealth of research on the quality of care that PA graduates provide. Nevertheless, health care and education are cons ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using the Core Competencies for New Physician Assistant Graduates to Prioritize Admission Criteria for PA Practice in 2025.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · June 2019 In a fast-changing medical and educational environment, it is incumbent upon the physician assistant (PA) education community to periodically consider what the future practice environment might look like for our graduates. Changes in technology, regulation ... Full text Link to item Cite

Noncognitive Attributes in Physician Assistant Education.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · March 2018 Physician assistant (PA) admissions processes have typically given more weight to cognitive attributes than to noncognitive ones, both because a high level of cognitive ability is needed for a career in medicine and because cognitive factors are easier to ... Full text Link to item Cite

“Entrustable professional activities” Authors’ Response

Journal Article Journal of Physician Assistant Education · September 1, 2017 Full text Cite

A cardiology PA home care program

Journal Article JAAPA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS · May 1, 2017 Link to item Cite

Dr Carek's Commentary on Training PAs and NPs.

Journal Article Fam Med · October 2016 Link to item Cite

Dr. Carek's Commentary on Training PAs and NPs

Journal Article Family medicine · October 1, 2016 Link to item Cite

Reinventing the Wheel: One Program's Approach to Redesign of Didactic Courses.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · December 2015 Curriculum and course redesign are expected and intentional efforts in health professions education. For physician assistant (PA) education, ongoing program self-assessment is a required accreditation standard and may guide deliberate changes within curric ... Link to item Cite

Celebrating PA Week.

Journal Article JAAPA · October 2014 Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The physician assistant teaching fellowship: A model for faculty recruitment.

Journal Article J Physician Assist Educ · 2010 PURPOSE: the rapid growth of the number of physician assistant (PA) programs in the last two decades has resulted in a heightened demand for qualified and experienced PA faculty. Barriers to recruitment and retention of faculty include the need for diverse ... Full text Link to item Cite