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<p class="MsoNormal">Please see the email below. I know that you should have received this email prior to matriculation but if you could please take a minute to complete this survey (if you did not already complete it) that would be much appreciated. The program
gets access to additional resources once we reach a certain percentage of responses. Would be very helpful.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><a href="mailto:stiltnerk@campbell.edu"><i><span style="color:#ED7D31">Kristen Stiltner, MBA</span></i></a>
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</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#E36C0A">Campbell University</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#ED7D31"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#595959">Program Manager | Physician Assistant Program<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">Hello Class</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">Thank you to those of you who have already taken the Physician Assistant Education Association’s (PAEA)
<b>2021 Matriculating Student Survey (MSS)</b>. If you haven’t completed it yet, consider this a friendly reminder that we would greatly appreciate your input.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">Our PA program is partnering with PAEA
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black">to administer the 2021 MSS
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">to collect and analyze data related to new PA students and influences regarding your decisions to apply to PA school. Although your participation is voluntary, this information
is important to our program and to the PA profession as it helps us understand the characteristics of the national student pool and informs advocacy efforts that improve the quality and affordability of PA education.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">In order to encourage high response rates, PAEA will enter each PA program with at least an 80% response rate into a drawing for a
<b>$250 debit card</b>. Furthermore, students who complete the survey will have the opportunity to enter into a drawing for one of four
<b>$25 Amazon gift cards</b>.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">The survey should take 20-25 minutes to complete and you may withdraw at any time.
<b>Your responses are completely confidential </b>and PAEA will not communicate any information back to the program regarding individual respondents, unless you have given explicit consent to allow your individual responses to be released for inclusion in an
IRB-approved student database. At no time will individual data be reported publicly. PAEA will only use your email address for the purpose of the incentive drawings detailed above. All email addresses will be deleted from the dataset once the incentive drawings
have been conducted.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="https://paea.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKi3CI4f6YM3LMN"><b><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">click here</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">
to begin the survey and feel free to</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><a href="mailto:research@paeaonline.org?subject=2018%20Matriculating%20Student%20Survey"><span style="font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif">
contact PAEA Research Staff</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222"> at any time with questions or concerns.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222">Thank you for your participation!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Calibri Light",sans-serif;color:#222222"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black">703-667-4353 | <a href="https://paeaonline.org/" title="https://paeaonline.org/">
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