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The physician’s assistant program – part of the University of La Verne’s College of Health and Community Well-being set for official launch in fall 2022 – has had an update in its process of becoming an accredited program: It has gone from provisional accreditation to probationary accreditation, officials announced this week.

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant has recommended that provisional accreditation of the University of La Verne’s Physician Assistant program be withdrawn. The University administration has appealed the decision and must submit that appeal by today.

University of La Verne alumna and physician assistant Brianna Cardenas is back at La Verne as an assistant professor of health in the University’s new physicians assistant program, which began enrolling students last fall. 

The first cohort of the Physician Assistant Program at the University of La Verne, which was granted provisional accreditation through the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant earlier this year, kicked off the first week of classes Aug. 26.

The Associated Students of University of La Verne, ASULV, hosted a student strategy meeting Monday with Loretta Rahmani. They wanted to discuss the University’s 2020 vision, which included the launch of the La Verne Experience, and a planned increased focus on health education and services.

The University of La Verne’s physician assistant program has received provisional accreditation through the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant.  “The ARC-PA is one of the most difficult accreditations for universities to receive,” Provost Jonathan Reed said. “It is an extremely difficult and thorough process, and the evaluation is very strict.” The first cohort of the graduate level program will include 22 students and is set to begin studies Aug. 27.