Standardize Clinical Reasoning—Even as Your PA Program Scales

As PA programs expand, maintaining consistent clinical training across sites, preceptors, and cohorts becomes exponentially harder. Aquifer ensures every student develops the clinical reasoning skills required for practice readiness.

The Challenge Facing PA Programs Today

Clinical education is becoming harder to standardize.
Students encounter different patients, different expectations, and different levels of support.
PA programs and cohorts are growing exponentially.

Yet programs are responsible for ensuring every graduate is practice-ready.

Aquifer provides the solution to scale clinical learning.

125

K+

Active Students
Annually

75

+

PA Programs

100

+

Expert Clinical Educators

90

%

Annual Renewal Rate
Across Programs

Aquifer Formative Assessments & Feedback

Kelsey Dougherty, PA-C

Filling Gaps in Rotations with Aquifer

Allison Phillips, MHPE, PA-C

Virtual Patient Cases

Deliver consistent exposure to essential conditions and decisions, regardless of clinical placement.

Real-Time Feedback

Reinforce how students think—not just what they know—before, during, and after rotations.

Formative Assessments

Track progress and identify student learning gaps before they fall behind, without additional faculty burden.

Built with and Guided by PA Educators:

Meet the Aquifer PA Affinity Group

The Aquifer Educators Consortium forms the bedrock of Aquifer, bringing together more than one hundred MD, DO, PA, and NP educators across disciplines—experts from the national leadership of organizations like AAIM, COMSEP, STFM, AGS, IAMSE, ADMSEP, APGO, and AAR—to collaborate, innovate, and make advances in health professions education. The PA Affinity Group brings the voice, interests, and experiences of PA educators to the Consortium and its work.

Cynthia Lord, MHS, PA-C
Affinity Group Lead

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Elisabeth Shell, PhD, MPAS, PA-C
Associate Editor

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Jennifer Prochniewski MS, MMS, CCC-SLP, PA-C, DFAAPA
Associate Editor

Kate LaPorta, MHS, PA-C
Associate Editor

Kelsey Dougherty

Kelsey Dougherty, MMSc, PA-C
Associate Editor

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Martha Seagrave, PA-C, RN
Associate Editor

Nicole Ferschke

Nicole Ferschke, DMSc, MBS, PA-C
Associate Editor

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Sandy Narciso-Owen, MS, MSPAS, PA-C, RN
Associate Editor

Evidence-based, peer-reviewed, and continuously updated

The Best Content You'll Find. Hands Down.

We literally set the bar. We can say this because our courses are created by a Consortium of the nation’s leading clinical educators and designed with student success in mind. Check out some of our 250+ award-winning cases from all the core disciplines.

We use every Aquifer case available as preparation for clinical rotations and to assure competency at the end of our rotations and program. The best thing about the Aquifer cases is that they tie directly to certifying exam content, allow for the completion of competencies, and are well-received by the students.

Robert Jay Amrien, MPAS, PA-C

Bryant University

I enjoy the step-by-step way you go through the cases. I like that I can control how fast I go through the case and develop critical thinking skills as I try to make my own diagnosis. I appreciate the concise explanations of why an answer I selected was either right or wrong.

PA Student

The cases teach me so much! Whether it be ruling out diagnoses based on presentation or learning about other differential diagnoses and why they are not the answer, the cases are so helpful. They also have so much supplemental information for further explanation.

PA Student

I really value how close to real life Aquifer is! It makes me feel like I'm on rotation.

PA Student

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