Black History Month
This is the month of Black History Month
What is February?
The HBCU that was founded in 1867 in Washington, D.C
What is Howard University?
This exam must be passed to become a certified PA
What is Physician National Certifying Exam (PANCE)?
This exam is required for many PA programs for admission
What is the GRE?
This physician was the first Black woman to earn a medical degree in the United States in 1864
Who is Rebecca Lee Crumpler?
This leader delivered the famous "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963
Who is Martin Luther King Jr.?
This is the largest HBCU in the United States by enrollment
Black women in the PA profession help address disparities in this area of healthcare affecting Black mothers
What is maternal mortality?
This type of experience involves hands on patient care like CNA or EMT work
What is PCE - Patient Care Experience?
This is the name of the national organization that represents Physician Assistants in the United States
What is the AAPA (American Academy of PAs)
These are the colors that represent Black History Month
What is red, green, black, and yellow?
Martin Luther King Jr. graduated from this HBCU
What is Morehouse College
This was the first PA program in the United States, founded in 1965
What is Duke University?
This centralized application system is used to apply to PA school
What is CASPA?
This HBCU, founded in 1868, is home to one of the nation's top medical schools focused on serving underserved communities
What is Meharry Medical College?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
This was the first president of Howard University
Who is Charles B. Boynton?
This recertification exam PAs take every 10 years
What is PANRE?
Most PA programs require this science course that studies body structure
What is anatomy?
The unethical public health study (1932-1972) denied treatment to Black men with syphilis
What is the Tuskegee Syphilis Study?
This is the year Black History Month became nationally recognized
What is 1976?
The organization that represents and advocates for HBCUs nationally
What is the Thurgood Marshall College Fund or United Negro College Fund (UNCF)?
Black PAs make up approximately this percentage of the PA workforce
What is 4-5%?
This shadowing experience helps confirm your interest in becoming a PA
What is PA shadowing?
This Black physician founded provident Hospital, the first Black-owned and operated hospital in the United States
Who is Dr. Daniel Hale Williams?