{"id":70,"date":"2021-09-24T16:59:22","date_gmt":"2021-09-24T20:59:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/pharmacy-health\/physician-assistant\/history-mission\/"},"modified":"2026-04-28T15:34:14","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T19:34:14","slug":"history-mission","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/history-mission\/","title":{"rendered":"History &amp; Mission"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"content-block content-block--has-menu wp-block-butler-content-block\">\n\t<div class=\"content-block-container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"content-block-layout\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-menu-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"content-block-menu-nav\" aria-label=\"Site menu\" id=\"page-nav\"><div class=\"content-block-menu-wrapper\"><header class=\"content-block-menu-header\"><span class=\"content-block-menu-header-label\">PA Program Menu<\/span><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-mobile-toggle\" title=\"Toggle menu\" aria-label=\"Toggle menu\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/button><\/header><ul class=\"content-block-menu-list\"><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/admission\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Admission<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/history-mission\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">History &amp; Mission<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/program-goals\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Program Goals<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/academic-phase\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Academic Phase<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/clinical-phase\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Clinical Phase<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/program-statistics\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Program Statistics<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/cost-financial-information\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Cost &amp; Financial Information<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-initial\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/faculty-staff\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Faculty &amp; Staff<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/technology-requirements\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Technology Requirements<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/student-resources\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Resources<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/student-groups\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Groups<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/pa-student-handbook-policies-and-procedures\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Student Handbook, Policies &amp; Procedures<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/experiential\/physician-assistant-preceptors\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Physician Assistant Preceptors<\/a><\/li><li class=\"content-block-menu-list-item content-block-menu-item-hidden-overflow\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/health-professions\/physician-assistant\/alumni-resources\/\" class=\"content-block-menu-list-link\">Alumni Resources<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"content-block-menu-desktop-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\" data-content-block-toggle-more-label=\"More links\" data-content-block-toggle-less-label=\"Hide links\">More links<\/button><\/nav>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"content-block-content-container is-layout-constrained\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-history-amp-mission\">History &amp; Mission<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-program-history\">Program history<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the early 1990s, the report of the Indiana Health Care Commission noted that many areas of Indiana were medically underserved. During this same period, Methodist Hospital expanded its mission of &#8220;curing disease and rescuing from disaster&#8221; to include &#8220;delivering primary care services,&#8221; and the Butler University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (now the College of Health Professions) recognized an educational void in Indiana. The creation of a PA (physician assistant) program, co-sponsored by Methodist Hospital and Butler University, was recognized as a way to address all of these issues, and program development commenced in 1992.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The PA Program admitted its first class of nine students in January 1995, and this class graduated in August 1996 with a BS in Health Sciences. In 2006, the program matriculated its first Master\u2019s degree granting class. Graduates are awarded a Master of PA Studies degree with an optional second semester bridge to a doctor of medical science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Today, the PA Program is operated solely by Butler University, and most aspects of didactic training occur on the Butler University campus. Beginning with the 2015 summer school term (May), the PA Program transitioned to a 24-month graduate-only program awarding the MPAS degree. The class size increased to 75 students. This transition was designed to address the cost of education, provide a very strong academic curriculum, and exceed accreditation standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-mission-statement\">Mission statement<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Butler University PA Program prepares graduates to become outstanding clinicians with a strong foundation in primary care to deliver high-quality, patient-centered care across diverse clinical settings and patient populations.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"footer-contact has-no-social-links wp-block-butler-footer-contact\">\n\t<div class=\"footer-contact-wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"footer-contact-content\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-headline has-xx-large-font-size\">Contact Us<\/h2><div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-top footer-contact-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\"><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Address<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\"><span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">College of Health Professions<\/span><br>Suite 250<br>4600 Sunset Avenue<br>Indianapolis, IN 46208<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Email<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"mailto:paprogram@butler.edu\">paprogram@butler.edu<\/a><br><br>Admission questions:<br><a href=\"mailto:paadmission@butler.edu\">paadmission@butler.edu<\/a><br><br>317-940-8268<\/p><\/div><div class=\"wp-block-column footer-contact-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\"><h3 class=\"wp-block-heading footer-contact-column-heading\">Phone<\/h3><p class=\"footer-contact-column-content wp-block-paragraph\">317-940-6026<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"parent":24,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-70","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"revision_note":"","yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>History &amp; 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