The Physician Assistant Forum (PA Forum) is a leading online community dedicated to supporting individuals pursuing a career as a Physician Assistant. This platform offers a wealth of peer-driven information, discussion threads, and expert insights related to the PA profession and application process.

Whether you are just beginning to explore the PA career path or are actively preparing your CASPA application, the PA Forum provides valuable guidance on a wide range of topics. These include prerequisite coursework, program selection, personal statement writing, interview preparation, and clinical experience requirements.

Most likely, you will have questions throughout the application process and the good news is that many will have asked those same questions, which makes this forum a handy resource for finding out answers to questions you have and even those you didn't know you had.

Discussion Boards

One thing that makes this forum reach a wider audience is its use of discussion boards to separate threads by stages in the career. This way, applying students can look towards the "Pre-PA" discussion board for questions about the application process and the different programs, current students can look towards their discussion board for help with things such as financial aid, course materials, and medical equipment, and practicing PAs can browse the "Professional Physician Assistant" discussion board for questions about residency, finding areas of expertise, and owning practices.