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Find Physician's Assistant Information Online

As you've read in the How to Do Library Research guide, some websites are considered scholarly. Although this guide offers eBooks that cover a wide range of aspects of physician assistant studies, we have included a list of websites below to help you further your knowledge. If you plan on using the information from one of these websites for an assignment, make sure to check the rubric or ask your instructor if this type of source is acceptable.

Website - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
This is the official page of the nation’s health protection agency, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Website - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: National Center for Health Statistics
This is the official page of the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), which is the Nation’s principal health statistics agency.
Website - ClinicalTrials.gov
ClinicalTrials.gov is a registry and results database of publicly and privately supported clinical studies of human participants conducted around the world.
Website - National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
The purpose of the NCCPA is to provide certification programs that reflect standards for clinical knowledge, clinical reasoning and other medical skills and professional behaviors required upon entry into practice and throughout their careers as physician assistants.
Website - Physician Assistant History Society (PAHx)
The PA History Society is dedicated to the history and legacy of the physician assistant profession through the identification and collection of papers, manuscripts, magazine and newspaper clippings, histories, and visual artifacts, such as films, slides, videos, photographs, and digital images.