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Consulting for PA program clinical teams

Support your DCE. Strengthen your clinical year.

Focused consulting and interim help from a PA educator with 15+ years in clinical education, for programs that need an extra set of experienced hands.

Sound familiar?

Programs may reach out when something in the clinical year is stretched thin.

  • Your DCE is new, or you’re about to lose one
  • A site visit or self-study is on the horizon
  • Preceptors are slipping away faster than you can replace them
  • You’re growing: a bigger cohort or a new campus
  • Your clinical team is down a person or is a little less staffed than optimal
  • Good ideas keep stalling for lack of time from the clinical team

What a project could look like

Every program is different, but here are examples of clear, finishable projects with real deliverables.

For a new DCE or new clinical faculty

A 90-day DCE launch plan

Weekly coaching plus the documents and systems approach nobody hands a new DCE, so your clinical year doesn’t depend on what one person remembers.

You get
  • A month-by-month clinical-year calendar
  • A playbook of recurring tasks and deadlines
  • Templates for common student and preceptor issues
Before a self-study or site visit

Clinical-phase accreditation check

A close look at your clinical-year processes against the ARC-PA Standards, so gaps are fixed before they become observations.

You get
  • A B3 standards crosswalk with evidence locations
  • A prioritized gap list with fixes
  • Clear, consistent clinical-phase data for the portal
Before your next clinical year starts

Category 1 CME for your preceptors

Every accredited PA program can offer its PA preceptors AAPA Category 1 CME for precepting, yet many never set it up. I’ll handle the setup so your preceptors get this meaningful thank-you.

You get
  • An approved AAPA application
  • Objectives, activity log, evaluation, and certificate templates
  • A simple process for tracking credits and annual reporting
When preceptors keep leaving

Preceptor retention program

Retention beats recruiting. Build a program that makes preceptors feel valued and want to stay.

You get
  • A CPAAPA endorsement process
  • Adjunct appointment and recognition pathways
  • An ongoing, routine appreciation and communication calendar
During a vacancy or leave

Interim clinical support

Steady, experienced coverage of clinical-year duties while you hire, so students and preceptors barely notice the transition.

You get
  • Rotation scheduling and placement follow-through
  • Preceptor communication and student check-ins
  • A clean handoff to your new hire
When you’re growing

Clinical capacity plan

Map exactly how many sites and preceptors a larger cohort or new campus needs, where to find them, and by when.

You get
  • A capacity model by rotation and term
  • A site development timeline
  • Options for hubs and shared placement planning
When the team is overwhelmed

Clinical workflow tune-up

A fresh look at how your clinical team spends its time, then simpler processes that give hours back every week.

You get
  • A map of current workflows and bottlenecks
  • Streamlined processes and templates
  • A short implementation plan your team can own

How it works

Simple, flexible engagements built around your academic calendar.

Start with a call

A free conversation to understand your needs and see if I’m a good fit.

Agree on scope

Clear goals, deliverables, and a timeline in writing before work begins.

About one semester

Most projects run 12–15 weeks, long enough to finish real work.

Mostly virtual

We meet by Zoom, Teams, or phone, with on-site visits available when needed.

My background

I’ve been a PA educator since 2009, mostly in the clinical phase, and I’m passionate about supporting the people who keep the clinical phase running.

  • Director of clinical education and associate program director roles
  • 5 ARC-PA applications and site visits, provisional through continued
  • Founding DCE of a new PA program
  • Expansion to a second campus and distant clinical hubs
  • Clinical placement in a region shared with eight other PA programs
  • PAEA Clinical Coordinators 101 facilitator and national presenter
  • Faculty affairs experience with promotion from assistant to full professor with tenure
  • Peer-reviewed publications on PA clinical education

Let’s talk

If I may be able to help, let’s set up a quick call. We’ll see if I’m a good fit and talk through scope, timeline, and deliverables.

Or copy: paul@paclinedadvisors.com · 215-806-2477