The program, which takes 25 months, will admit its first class of 30 in January 2013. Tufts is the first medical school in the state to offer a PA program, according to the report. A 39 percent increase in PA jobs is expected by 2018 due to the growing demand for primary care physicians from healthcare reform, according to the report.
The names of the five hospitals with which Tufts has formed partnerships were not disclosed in the report.
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