Physician assistant program directors' attitudes, practices, and plans regarding financial compensation to clinical sites.

Purpose: Some physician assistant (PA) program directors believe paying clinicians and administrators for clinical sites is fair and necessary, while others regard such practices as undermining traditional altruistic motivations for precepting. The purpose of this study was to assess PA program directors' attitudes on this topic and describe current practices and future plans regarding compensation to clinical sites.

Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive survey was sent to directors of PA programs with continuing and provisional accreditation status in 2012.