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https://www.augsburg.edu/now/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2026/05/PA_skills_23.jpg1200800Augsburg has long led Minnesota in what was formerly known as physician assistant studies, having established the first PA program and the first PA doctoral degree in the state. Now, the PA program has a new name and departmental home: the Physician Associate Program, part of a newly created Department of Physician Associate Medicine. The