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12 Physician Assistant Moments for 2008
December 31, 2008 10:07 AM by Stephen Cornell
This is the 448th and final post to the ADVANCE Blog for PAs in 2008. Check back on Jan. 2 for the first blog post of 2009. Until then, here's a quick look back at some of the notable PA stories of the last year. *** January Annals of Family Medicine Read More...
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AAPA Membership Trends
December 30, 2008 6:51 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants is in the process of reinventing itself and has promised a "grand reveal" of the new AAPA in May at the annual conference in San Diego. Below is a quick look at the number of AAPA fellow members and the number Read More...
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PAs and Doctorates
December 30, 2008 2:23 PM by Stephen Cornell
Almost all of the physician assistant leaders I speak with seem to believe strongly that most PAs are dead set against PA-specific clinical doctorate degrees. That's certainly what I believed before I really began looking into the issue and talking to Read More...
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The Physician Assistant Explosion
December 29, 2008 5:55 PM by Stephen Cornell
The number of practicing physician assistants will be 73,893 on Wednesday, according to AAPA estimates. Link That represents an increase of 116% in only 10 years, from 34,192 on Dec. 31, 1998. But the physician assistant explosion is just getting started. Read More...
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Happy Holidays from ADVANCE
December 23, 2008 2:35 PM by Stephen Cornell
The ADVANCE for Physician Assistant's editorial staff is sending you this holiday card! Enjoy the holiday season. Read More...
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A Break for the Holidays
December 23, 2008 2:05 PM by Terri Schaefer
The ADVANCE Blog for PAs is going on vacation. We'll return on Monday, Dec. 29 with new posts. Happy Holidays to all our loyal blog readers! Read More...
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Clint Eastwood Honor Flight Video
December 23, 2008 10:53 AM by Terri Schaefer
Click here to view Clint Eastwood's public service announcement for the Honor Flight Network, co-founded by Ohio PA Earl Morse. Link Read More...
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Steve Hanson is the Next AAPA President
December 22, 2008 11:37 PM by Stephen Cornell
California PA Stephen H. Hanson is the winner of the special election for American Academy of Physician Assistants president-elect. Hanson takes office immediately and will serve as president-elect through June 9, 2009. He will be AAPA president from Read More...
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Fundraising Event for John Trimbath
December 22, 2008 4:25 PM by Stephen Cornell
Via the Physician Assistant Education Association Web site, Cleveland’s Euclid Hospital is holding a fundraising event for American Academy of Physician Assistants secretary John Trimbath , who suffered a spinal cord injury in September. Those wishing Read More...
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'What Is a Physician Assistant?'
December 22, 2008 11:38 AM by Stephen Cornell
What is a physician assistant? JAAPA editor-in-chief Sarah Zarbock is still answering this question after more than 30 years. Link Read More...
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The Special Election Is Over
December 19, 2008 5:46 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants' special election for president-elect for 2008-2009 ended 51 minutes ago. This special election was the first test of the AAPA House of Delegates' new electronic voting system. There were no problems, according Read More...
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Happy Holidays Video from the American Academy of Physician Assistants
December 19, 2008 5:44 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA created a Happy Holidays video and posted it on YouTube and the academy Web site. Link Read More...
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Another Interesting Physician Assistant Forum Conversation
December 19, 2008 3:33 PM by Stephen Cornell
Although I'm a big fan of the online PA forum, I usually don't link to it twice in the same week. But I just can't believe the activity on a thread titled, " An Open Letter to the AAPA and All LGBT PAs ." The letter sharply criticizes the American Academy Read More...
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Clint Eastwood and Trace Adkins Film Honor Flight PSAs
December 19, 2008 1:31 PM by Terri Schaefer
The Honor Flight Network, co-founded by Ohio PA Earl Morse, today announced that Clint Eastwood and Trace Adkins have each volunteered time and filmed a 60-second public service announcement to help raise money to finance trips for America’s veterans Read More...
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Physician Assistant Blogger Interviewed
December 18, 2008 2:50 PM by Stephen Cornell
Addicted to Medblogs interviews The Tundra PA. Q.1 What made you decide you wanted to be a PA? I started out in college back in the '70s as a pre-med major, but got seriously distracted and followed other paths in life for about 15 years. In my 30s I Read More...
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Physician Assistant Letter in New England Journal of Medicine
December 18, 2008 12:00 PM by Stephen Cornell
Stony Brook University PA program chair Paul Lombardo's letter about physician assistants and primary care was published in the Dec. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Link Read More...
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Mandatory Physician Assistant Specialty Residencies?
December 17, 2008 11:29 AM by Stephen Cornell
Interesting poll and thread over at the PA Forum about the future of PA specialty residencies . This is from the first post on the topic: time to stir the pot some more..... should pa's who work outside of primary care have to do a residency in their Read More...
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Top Careers: Physician Assistant and Ghostwriter
December 15, 2008 4:18 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician assistant is one of the top 30 careers for 2009, according to U.S. News & World Report . Overview. Don't confuse physician assistants with medical assistants, who aren't qualified to do much more than take your blood pressure. Physician Read More...
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PAs and Rest
December 15, 2008 2:55 PM by Terri Schaefer
The New York Times today published a letter to the editor about physician assistants from Jason Adelman, an internist who is associate director of medicine for physician assistants at Montefiore Medical Center, as well as the patient safety officer. He Read More...
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Physician Blogger Knows Nothing About Physician Assistants, Writes About Them Anyway
December 12, 2008 12:55 PM by Stephen Cornell
How can New York family physician Thomas V. Chmelicek be so completely ignorant about the PA profession? I felt it important to address todays article in the post standard about pysician assistants. In the article by Mr.Mulder it states that PA are filling Read More...
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Less Silence on Physician Assistant Doctorates Already
December 12, 2008 8:28 AM by Stephen Cornell
On the American Academy of Physician Assistants Web site today is a two-page AAPA News article about the U.S. Army's PA clinical doctorate program by Doug Scott. In October 2007, Major Leonard Gruppo announced to the five PAs attending the U.S. Army Emergency Read More...
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Less Silence Needed on Physician Assistant Doctorates
December 11, 2008 6:32 PM by Stephen Cornell
The introduction to PAEA's Informing the Clinical Doctorate Dialogue online section includes this quote: The PA community has for the most part been silent on this issue but recognizes that this position will not serve the profession well in the long Read More...
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PAEA's New Online Look
December 11, 2008 4:47 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Physician Assistant Education Association has lauched its redesigned Web site. The site looks great, has a ton of information and seems easy to navigate. Front and center at the new Web site is a section titled, "Informing the Clinical Doctorate Debate." Read More...
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About the AAPA Candidates: Robert Wooten
December 11, 2008 2:57 PM by Stephen Cornell
Extensive information about the special election candidates for AAPA president-elect is on the academy’s Web site. Since only 2009 representatives to the AAPA House of Delegates are eligible to vote, most PAs won’t have to make a choice. However, I thought Read More...
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About the AAPA Candidates: Patrick Killeen
December 11, 2008 2:54 PM by Stephen Cornell
Extensive information about the special election candidates for AAPA president-elect is on the academy’s Web site. Since only 2009 representatives to the AAPA House of Delegates are eligible to vote, most PAs won’t have to make a choice. However, I thought Read More...
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About the AAPA Candidates: Sandra Keavey
December 11, 2008 2:49 PM by Stephen Cornell
Extensive information about the special election candidates for AAPA president-elect is on the academy’s Web site. Since only 2009 representatives to the AAPA House of Delegates are eligible to vote, most PAs won’t have to make a choice. However, I thought Read More...
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About the AAPA Candidates: Stephen Hanson
December 11, 2008 2:46 PM by Stephen Cornell
Extensive information about the special election candidates for AAPA president-elect is on the academy’s Web site. Since only 2009 representatives to the AAPA House of Delegates are eligible to vote, most PAs won’t have to make a choice. However, I thought Read More...
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About the AAPA Candidates: Jim Anderson
December 11, 2008 2:42 PM by Stephen Cornell
Extensive information about the special election candidates for AAPA president-elect is on the academy’s Web site. Since only 2009 representatives to the AAPA House of Delegates are eligible to vote, most PAs won’t have to make a choice. However, I thought Read More...
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Pres. Bush Honors PA in Oval Office Ceremony
December 11, 2008 1:33 PM by Stephen Cornell
Ohio physician assistant and Honor Flight founder Earl Morse received the Presidential Citizens Medal from President George W. Bush in a White House ceremony this week. George W. Bush on Wednesday, Dec. 10, bestowed the Presidential Citizens Medal on Read More...
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Candidates for AAPA President-Elect
December 10, 2008 5:23 PM by Stephen Cornell
The five candidates in the special election for American Academy of Physician Assistants president-elect are Stephen Hanson, MPA, PA-C, Patrick Killeen, MS, PA-C, Robert Wooten, PA-C, Jim Anderson, PA-C, ATC, and Sandra Keavey, DFAAPA, PA-C. Hanson, Killeen Read More...
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Really Bad Predictions
December 10, 2008 3:55 PM by Stephen Cornell
Foreign Policy chooses the 10 worst predictions of 2008 . No PA predictions, but still interesting. Link Read More...
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Physician Assistant Doctorate Degree Summit Planned for March
December 10, 2008 12:16 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Physician Assistant Education Association and the American Academy of Physician Assistants will participate in a summit meeting in March 2009 to discuss the issues surrounding PA-specific doctorate degrees. Details about the summit are still to be Read More...
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New PA Programs in Indiana and Minnesota?
December 10, 2008 11:59 AM by Stephen Cornell
Indiana State University in Terre Haute, Ind., and the College of St. Catherine in St. Paul, Minn., are considering launching physician assistant programs, according to published reports. From the Terre Haute Tribune-Star : ISU is considering new programs Read More...
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AAPA EVP/CEO on ReachMD
December 8, 2008 6:17 PM by Stephen Cornell
ReachMD PA host Lisa Dandrea Lenell interviewed American Academy of Physician Assistants executive vice president and CEO Bill Leinweber for her current show. You should be able to register and listen free with the promo code "AAPA". Link Read More...
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Pa. PA Tom Lemley Died on Nov. 22
December 3, 2008 6:06 PM by Stephen Cornell
Via the AAPA's Facebook page, Pennsylvania PA Tom Lemley passed away on Nov. 22. HUMMELSTOWN, Pa. - Thomas J. Lemley, 60, of Hummelstown, passed away Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008, at his home. Born in Salem, Ohio, on Dec. 11, 1947, he was the son of the late Read More...
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Coffee
December 3, 2008 5:12 PM by Stephen Cornell
This isn't about PAs at all, but this illustrated coffee-related blog post from the New York Times is entertaining. Here's the beginning: I like coffee so much that I have tea for breakfast: The first cup of the day in particular is so good that I’m afraid Read More...
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Rod Moser on Hypochondriacs and Car Trouble
December 3, 2008 3:25 PM by Stephen Cornell
Car trouble first. The friendly mechanic said that they will not have my car ready by 1 PM like they promised. They will need to keep it overnight - the automobile equivalent of being admitted to the hospital. They wanted me to bring the car in with a Read More...
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Physician Assistants Ignored in Primary Care Article
December 1, 2008 5:52 PM by Stephen Cornell
The top story in the Dec. 8 issue of American Medical News is about the crisis in primary care. There's no mention of physician assistants . Link Read More...
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Physician Assistant Education Association News
December 1, 2008 3:29 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Physician Assistant Education Association does an outstanding job with its monthly PAEA Networker . The November issue includes a wrap of PAEA’s Annual Education Forum, which set a new attendance record . Although the formal evaluations are not yet Read More...
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