Transparency of Parental Leave Policies to Prospective Students in US Physician Assistant Programs: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Introduction: Parental leave policies are not well established or always available for prospective graduate students. This study examined the availability and inclusivity of PA program parental leave policies to prospective students at accredited US programs.

Methods: The websites and available student handbooks of the 282 currently accredited PA programs were searched for the terms "pregnant," "pregnancy," "maternity," "parent," "family," "child," and/or "birth.

Attitudes Towards Mental Health Among Physician Assistant Students with Shared Living Experiences Through Synchronous Videoconferencing.

Purpose: We tested the hypothesis that physician assistant (PA) students can benefit from exposure to senior PAs who share their living experiences with mental illness.

Methods: First-year students from 5 PA programs were asked to participate in this mixed methods study. After completing a pre-activity survey, students from 3 programs participated in an intervention consisting of senior PA faculty sharing their mental health experiences, including treatment and recovery.