Dear Potential Research Participant,

We, in the Physician Assistant Program at the School of Health Professions of Baylor College of Medicine, are commencing research on the current state of common procedural skills utilized among physician assistants (PAs) in the United States (US). We are reaching out to you because we believe that, as a practicing PA, your participation will offer crucial insights into the procedural skills needed in PA programs’ curricula to better educate future PAs.

This survey is anonymous, and data will only be reported in aggregate. There are no known risks associated with completing this survey. By completing this survey, you are consenting to have your responses analyzed and reported in aggregate with those of other survey respondents.

The survey should take approximately 13 minutes, depending on the number of procedures you regularly perform within your specialty. YOU ONLY NEED TO MAKE A RESPONSE FOR PROCEDURES YOU PERFORMED AND CAN SKIP ANY PROCEDURES YOU DID NOT PERFORM OR SECTIONS OF PROCEDURES NOT PERFORMED.

If you have any questions about this survey or the study, please contact Stephanie DeSandro, MS, PA-C at desandro@bcm.edu, (713) 798-5947. If you have additional questions about your rights as a research subject, please contact the Institutional Review Board for Human Subject Research for Baylor College of Medicine & Affiliated Hospitals at (713) 798-6970.