NCCPA's Solution for Specialty PAs
Back in May 2006, the NCCPA pledged to develop "a solution to meet the needs of specialty PAs."
Since that time, the NCCPA has done a great job creating productive debate about the problems facing PAs in specialties. But it really hasn't offered any solutions.
The NCCPA hasn't forgotten its pledge. At its August board of directors meeting in Banff, Canada, the NCCPA BOD again discussed the challenges facing specialty PAs and created a work group to come up with a solution proposal by mid-2010.
Discussion on Specialty Item Development
The Board engaged in a robust discussion regarding the potential need to begin development of specialty-related items to enhance NCCPA's current item pools and at the conclusion of the discussion authorized management to begin that process and provide regular reports to the Board. In a related discussion, the Board recognized that the organization had not resolved its response to the needs of specialty PAs and tasked an ad hoc workgroup to continue those discussions and offer a solution by mid-2010 to the Board for consideration. In so doing, the Board agreed that the organization should adopt as a philosophy that the evolving certification maintenance processes and the PA competencies should guide the workgroup's discussions.
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