Physician Assistants Advancing Diversity (PAAD) is a weeklong, expense-free experience provided by the University of Pittsburgh Physician Assistant Studies Program in conjunction with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). This opportunity is available to any current students actively enrolled at any Pitt campus. Students who are accepted into PAAD will obtain hours of PA clinical shadowing, coaching for the PA application process, cadaver lab training, open faculty discussions and PA classroom oppurtinities