This section outlines the official accreditation status of the Lipscomb University Physician Assistant Program and reflects our ongoing commitment to educational excellence. Below, you will find a link to our formal accreditation statement as determined by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, Inc. (ARC-PA), alongside an index of selected accreditation standards. This index serves as a helpful reference guide, demonstrating how our program’s policies, curriculum, and operational guidelines align with national requirements to ensure a rigorous, compliant, and high-quality medical training experience for our students.

Our current accreditation statement can be found on the program website (Section: Program Overview → Sub-section: Accreditation Information)

The School of Physician Assistant Studies endeavors to define, publish, make readily available, and consistently apply policies and procedures applicable to the program. As such, the program has created this handbook in accordance with the Accreditation Review Commission on Education of the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) standards which are selectively indexed below. Please click the hyperlink to go directly to the associated policy.