MACS Insights
The complete archive of MACS guidance on ARC-PA accreditation, assessment systems, and PA program leadership. Prefer a guided path? Browse by pillar on the Insights hub.
Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CThere were 52 PA programs in 1991 and roughly 330 today. What Standard B3.01a makes you prove about clinical sites, and what programs do when the region is full.
Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CA credit-hour model built for lecture courses cannot see most of what PA faculty do. Scott Massey's hour-equivalent workload framework, and how it becomes evidence under Standard C1.02.
Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CNo ARC-PA standard is labeled succession planning, yet the Sixth Edition expects one. Which A and E standards carry the requirement, the business-day clocks a vacancy starts, and what separates a written plan from an operational one.
Scott Massey, PhD, PA-CContinuous accreditation readiness isn't a virtue — it's a system: the four-phase assessment cycle, committee governance, minutes discipline, and an annual calendar, from the MACS team.