Stay ahead of the curve and prepare for a leadership role in health care through the Extended Master of Clinical Health Services (EMCHS) degree for physician assistants (PAs).

Study With the Best
Developed in response to demand in the profession, this new professional degree program is offered in partnership with MEDEX Northwest, the eighth top-rated physician assistant program in the nation, and the UW School of Medicine, the number one medical school for primary care.

Choose a Focus Area
Develop your subject expertise and earn your EMCHS degree in just five academic quarters from the top-ranked University of Washington.

Stay in your current clinical practice site and focus your study in one of the areas below while you develop research, health policy, and other critical skills for ensuring high-quality health care.

• Health care for rural and medically underserved populations
• Public health and preventive medicine
• Academic medicine and specialty practice
• Global health

We are currently accepting applications for the 2012–2013 program that starts in summer quarter 2012.