A Cal State San Bernardino program created to address the Inland Empire’s physician shortage has been scrapped.

Its long-awaited Master of Science in Physician Assistant program failed to receive the provisional accreditation needed to launch as planned this fall, school officials said. The first group of about 40 students was supposed to start the 27-month-long program in mid-August, according to university officials.

Instead, officials said the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant in August denied the program’s accreditation, which is required for it to operate. Officials from the accrediting agency could not be reached this week.

Cal State San Bernardino’s now-defunct program is no longer enrolling students or accepting applications, a b

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