LibGuides: Physician Assistant: Research Databases

Top PA and Medicine Databases

PubMed As the world's largest biomedical database, PubMed is the top choice database for medical and clinical research questions.
Linked to ATSU's full-text subscription journals when access via this link. Includes access to PubMed Central, which is fulltext and open access.
CINAHL Plus with Full Text The best database for allied health research, including PA literature. Use CINAHL to get the best coverage of PA-specific journals.
Scopus This large, interdisciplinary database is an excellent complement to medical databases to get a broad and comprehensive search, especially for topics with an interdisciplinary lens.

Top Disciplinary Databases

Education Source As the world's largest educational research database, this is a great database to use for any research that is related to medical and health sciences education.
PsycINFO PsycINFO is the best resource for psychology and related topics. It is particularly important for anything related to behavioral health.
Health Policy Reference Center Health Policy Reference Center is a database focused on healthcare policy, healthcare administration, public health, and related topics.
SPORTDiscus with Full Text SPORTDiscus is the best database for sports medicine including orthopedics, exercise science, health education, nutrition, and related topics.

Professional Associations

American Academy of Physician Assistants The American Academy of PAs is the national professional society for PAs. It represents a profession of over 108,500 certified PAs across all medical and surgical specialties in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, U.S. territories and the uniformed services.
Arizona State Association of Physician Assistants The mission of ASAPA is to promote quality, cost-effective and accessible health care and to promote the professional and personal development of physician assistants.
Association of Family Practice PAs The Association of Family Practice PAs is the only national organization exclusively representing PAs in primary care. Their mission is to serve as an advocate for the PAs practicing in family medicine at the state and national level.
Society of Emergency Physician Assistants SEMPA strives to advance, protect, and promote the role of EMPAs through education, advocacy, collaboration and research.
AAPA Specialty Organizations Specialty organizations support AAPA’s knowledge base regarding medical specialty practice issues. These 27 organizations strengthen the PA profession through their liaisons with their medical and professional counterparts.
Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants The Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants licenses qualified physician assistants (PA’s).
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants is the only certifying organization for physician assistants in the United States. NCCPA is dedicated to assuring the public that certified PAs meet established standards of clinical knowledge and cognitive skills upon entry into practice and throughout their careers.
Physician Assistant Education Association PAEA is the only national organization representing physician assistant educational programs in the United States. Currently, all of the accredited programs in the country are members of the Association.
Society of Physician Assistants in Genetics and Genomics The Society of PAs in Genetics and Genomics (SPAGG) is a professional organization comprised of PAs in the specialty of Genetics.