Mount St. Mary's University Physician Assistant program seeks to engage preceptors who are passionate about their profession, lifelong learning, and mentorship. Playing a critical role in the clinical education of our students, preceptors invest in the next generation of highly skilled medical clinicians.
Students are required to complete seven core rotations and three elective rotations. All rotations are 4-weeks in length. Our core rotations include:
The Mount St. Mary's University Physician Assistant Program is proud to have achieved Accreditation-Provisional and welcomed its inaugural cohort. As our students prepare to begin clinical rotations in January 2027, we are seeking dedicated clinicians to help educate and inspire the next generation of physician assistants.
If you enjoy teaching, are passionate about your profession, or want to give back, we invite you to become a preceptor. Your mentorship will have a lasting impact on the development of skilled, compassionate, and practice-ready PAs while helping shape the future of healthcare.
If you are interested in becoming a preceptor, please complete our application:
There are many benefits to precepting PA students:
Students can check on patients, provide education, and see patients while providers are with another patient
Precepting the next generation of physician assistants is a rewarding experience. Precepting enables students to gain first-hand experience managing complex patients with a variety of needs while providing equitable and compassionate care. Guiding students as they develop clinical and critical thinking skills allows preceptors to play an integral role in shaping the future of medicine. What could be more rewarding than having a hand in making a difference for our community?
The ARC-PA has granted Accreditation-Provisional status to the Mount St. Mary's University Physician Assistant Program sponsored by Mount St. Mary's University.
Accreditation-Provisional is an accreditation status granted when the plans and resource allocation, if fully implemented as planned, of a proposed program that has not yet enrolled students appear to demonstrate the program’s ability to meet the ARC-PA Standards or when a program holding Accreditation-Provisional status appears to demonstrate continued progress in complying with the Standards as it prepares for the graduation of the first class (cohort) of students.
Accreditation-Provisional does not ensure any subsequent accreditation status. It is limited to no more than five years from matriculation of the first class.