March 2009 - Posts

PA-to-Physician Bridge Concept Gets Attention
March 30, 2009 1:26 PM by Stephen Cornell

The fourth recommendation from the PA Clinical Doctorate Summit was particularly interesting. 4. The PA profession should explore with physician education groups the development of a model for advanced standing for PAs who desire to become physicians Read More...

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Physician Assistant Clinical Doctorate Summit News
March 30, 2009 11:35 AM by Stephen Cornell

The American Academy of Physician Assistants and the Physician Assistant Education Association have posted a statement on last week’s PA Clinical Doctorate Summit. Forty-five people participated in the summit meeting. Here’s a set of recommendations from Read More...

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ADVANCE Author Wins First Place Paragon Publishing Award
March 27, 2009 12:38 PM by Terri Schaefer

Barbara J.B. Clark, MPAS, PA-C, co-author of “ Menstrual Migraine: A Review of Abortive and Preventive Medications ,” from our January-February 2008 issue, learned this week that she has won the first place Paragon Publishing Award from the AAPA. She’ll Read More...

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PA Program Shelved
March 27, 2009 11:54 AM by Terri Schaefer

Northern Arizona University’s state funding was cut by $21 million this year, or about 13%, according to The Arizona Republic . Because of the cuts, plans for the college’s proposed PA program have been tabled for now. The cuts come as NAU is experiencing Read More...

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Big Physician Assistant Numbers in N.Y.
March 26, 2009 12:40 PM by Stephen Cornell

With the accreditation this month of the physician assistant program at SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse, N.Y., there are now 20 PA programs in the state of New York. The American Academy of Physician Assistants estimates that there are about 8,000 Read More...

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Three More Physician Assistant Programs Bring Total to 145
March 25, 2009 3:33 PM by Stephen Cornell

ARC-PA has granted accreditation to three brand new physician assistant programs . The new programs are: - Nova Southeastern University in Jacksonville, Fla. This is NSU's fourth accredited PA program and the seventh PA program in Florida. - SUNY Upstate Read More...

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Physician Assistant Clinical Doctorate Degree Summit Participants
March 25, 2009 1:44 PM by Stephen Cornell

The three-day physician assistant clinical doctorate degree summit began today in Atlanta. PAEA posted a list of the summit's 46 participants on its Web site. Link Read More...

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Physician Assistant Blogs from Iraq
March 24, 2009 2:50 PM by Stephen Cornell

Maj. Mike Roscoe, a physician assistant in the Indiana National Guard and and assistant professor in the Butler University PA program, has been blogging about his deployment to Iraq since Aug. 31, 2008. Roscoe has two posts this month. There's a ton of Read More...

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AAPA 2009 HOD Resolutions Available
March 24, 2009 11:18 AM by Stephen Cornell

Resolutions for the American Academy of Physician Assistants 2009 House of Delegates in May in San Diego are available to academy members on the AAPA Web site. Link Read More...

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Physician Assistant Doctorate Summit
March 23, 2009 2:49 PM by Stephen Cornell

The long-awaited PAEA-AAPA physician assistant doctorate degree summit meeting finally begins March 25 in Atlanta. One interesting note, PAEA's online message board about doctorate degrees has a lot of talk about a PA-to-physician bridge program. It'll Read More...

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A Long Road to Physician Assistant
March 23, 2009 1:14 PM by Stephen Cornell

The Yakima Herald-Republic has the remarkable story of 45-year-old Miguel Blas-Matus, who is a PA student a the University of Washington MEDEX program. Blas-Matus was a physician in Mexico, but lost his professional status when he moved to the United Read More...

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How Real is Tara?
March 20, 2009 1:50 PM by Terri Schaefer

I really enjoy the new Showtime program “The United States of Tara.” Toni Collette plays Tara Gregson, a wife and mother of two who also has Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID). It’s entertaining and seems real, but I’ve often wondered how correctly Read More...

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Another PA on 'Raising Sextuplets'
March 19, 2009 3:03 PM by Terri Schaefer

Over at the We TV blog about Arizona PA Jenny Masche’s show, “Raising Sextuplets,” the executive producer has been posting rough cuts from the upcoming series. A recent clip from the third episode features Tammy Hankins, Masche’s friend and fellow Arizona Read More...

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Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners Working Together
March 18, 2009 3:39 PM by Stephen Cornell

The American Academy of Physician Assistants is teaming with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Society of Hospital Medicine to offer a CME titled, "Adult Hospitalist Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Boot Camp." This highly Read More...

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CNN Notes Demand for Physician Assistants
March 18, 2009 12:35 PM by Stephen Cornell

American Academy of Physician Assistants president Cindy Lord commented for this CNN article about the decent job market in health care fields. Jobs for physician assistants have also stayed steady, as these medical practitioners help offset the national Read More...

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Physician Assistant is Employee of the Month
March 18, 2009 11:28 AM by Stephen Cornell

West Virginia physician assistant Jerry Quisenberry is the March 2009 Employee of the Month at Boone Memorial Hospital in Madison, W. Va. Compassionate, intelligent and friendly are just a few of the many words used to describe the March 2009 Employee Read More...

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Physician Assistant Specialty Credentials: The Plot Thickens
March 17, 2009 2:57 PM by Stephen Cornell

The NCCPA isn’t the only organization working on physician assistant specialty credentials. Apparently, a relatively new group calling itself the American Board of Physician Assistant Specialists is looking into creating “board certification” for PAs Read More...

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Physician Assistant Program No. 143 Receives Accreditation
March 17, 2009 11:54 AM by Stephen Cornell

ARC-PA granted provisional accreditation this month to the physician assistant program at Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrowgate, Tenn. The new program is the 143rd accredited PA program in the United States and Read More...

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It's Not Good Out There for Health Care
March 13, 2009 5:46 PM by Stephen Cornell

Community health centers and hospitals are having a tough time keeping up with the newly unemployed and uninsured people turning up in their waiting rooms looking for care. The job situation isn't going to get better any time soon. How is this going to Read More...

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Michigan Physician Assistant Helping Injured Iraqi Child
March 13, 2009 4:42 PM by Stephen Cornell

Michigan PA David Howell , a major in the National Guard, is trying to help a 12-year-old Iraqi child travel to the United States for burn treatments. A Michigan National Guardsman is working right now to bring a badly burned Iraqi boy to the United States. Read More...

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PA Helped Save Injured Hockey Player
March 12, 2009 1:09 PM by Stephen Cornell

A Buffalo PA is mentioned (not by name) in an article about last year's serious injury to Florida Panthers hockey player Richard Zednik. It's not a big mention. The PA was watching the hockey game during a break in the ED and warned colleagues that Zednik Read More...

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AFPPA Spring Live Blog
March 12, 2009 8:22 AM by Michael Gerchufsky

ORLANDO — Unofficial reports are that 310 PAs have preregistered for the 2nd annual AFPPA Spring Conference, with a large number of walkups expected, too. This reflects the trend of booming PA confernce attendance despite the sour economy — ADVANCE's Read More...

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Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants and Primary Care
March 11, 2009 5:06 PM by Stephen Cornell

There seems to be a bit of a stink about the new American College of Physicians policy monograph about nurse practitioners in primary care. Overall, the conclusions seem pretty tame. The ACP acknowledges the NP role in primary care, but believes that Read More...

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Practice-Focused PANRE Debut
March 10, 2009 6:49 PM by Stephen Cornell

The NCCPA quietly rolled out the practice-focused PANRE this month. Here's a little review from the NCCPA Web site: Beginning in March 2009, PAs recertifying through PANRE will have a new choice to make. While 60% of the generalist exam will cover the Read More...

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The PA Forum is Back Again
March 10, 2009 10:52 AM by Stephen Cornell

After on day offline, the PA Forum is back. The 11-year-old forum has 18,793 members (as of 10:53 a.m. EDT) and more than 173,000 posts. Link Read More...

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Physician Assistant Asks, 'Blackberry Storm or iPhone?'
March 5, 2009 5:03 PM by Stephen Cornell

Physician assistant Dan writes in to ask which PDA do PAs prefer? The Blackberry Storm or the iPhone? Thoughts? Read More...

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Leadership Profile
March 5, 2009 2:52 PM by Stephen Cornell

Jim Anderson, PA leader and Phillies fan . Read More...

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A New Mission for the Physician Assistant Profession
March 5, 2009 1:39 PM by Stephen Cornell

The American Academy of Physician Assistants recently announced its new mission statement and released its strategic plan for 2010-2012. The academy's mission: "To ensure the professional growth, personal excellence, and recognition of physician assistants, Read More...

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Robot PAs?
March 4, 2009 8:37 AM by Michael Gerchufsky

From the USA TODAY Web site comes this article on computer technology that describes what could soon be your new “colleagues”: [Craig Mundie, Microsoft’s chief research and strategy officer] foresees a day when avatar health care workers get placed in Read More...

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AAPA Gives Thumbs Up To CHIP, Health Reform and Stimulus
March 3, 2009 2:54 PM by Stephen Cornell

The American Academy of Physician Assistants approves is pleased with the health care reforms proposed in the 2010 U.S. budget and give thumbs up to health care reform proposals, CHIP and the stimulus package. The American Academy of Physician Assistants Read More...

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