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Space constraints limiting CUNY School of Medicine's program growth
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Dr. Green explains how space constraints are limiting the growth of CUNY School of Medicine's programs, particularly for the Physician Assistant program.
- The PA program is limited to 38-39 students due to space constraints
- There is high demand for PAs, but the school cannot accommodate more students
- The school operates in a very constrained space of 87,000 square feet
- Space limitations affect both the PA and MD programs, with a maximum capacity of about 98-100 students
Carmen Renée Green
0:37:34
So, we're constrained by space.
0:37:41
I for just this week, we moved our PAs to a larger space, but we still cannot accommodate really comfortably more than 38, 39 students.
0:37:53
Mhmm.
0:37:53
The demand for PAs in this country is if you read anything, they're there's just booming.
0:38:00
This is one of the oldest PA programs it's the first or second public PA.
0:38:07
The first was, a private Duke.
0:38:10
And if you look at, our grad 1st graduating class, probably the first black PAs came from this school.
0:38:18
And one is miss Annie Brown, who comes to graduation every year to inspire everyone.
0:38:25
She's in her eighties.
0:38:27
But don't tell her I told you that.
0:38:31
We can do more in this space, but we don't have the space.
0:38:34
We could be we could easily increase our numbers.
0:38:37
The demand is there.
0:38:40
Our excellence has been assured over time.
0:38:44
But it's about the space and clerkship spots, things of that nature.