August 2009 - Posts

Army PA Wanted to Gain Trauma Experience
August 28, 2009 11:08 AM by Heather Simons

Capt. Cory Jenkins, 28, a graduate of Brigham Young University and the physician assistant program at A.T. Still University, was killed on Tuesday in Afghanistan along with three other men when their Striker armored vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive Read More...

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More Discussion on PAs and the Physician Shortage
August 25, 2009 10:43 AM by Heather Simons

And so the health care reform debate continues... A recent article at Examiner.com champions PAs and NPs as a possible solution to the physician shortage. "Primary physician shortage spurs search for alternatives," by DC public policy examiner Alan Portner, Read More...

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AAPA President Writes to USA Today
August 21, 2009 11:10 AM by Heather Simons

In response to an article in USA Today , "Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull," AAPA president Stephen Hanson wrote a letter to the editor explaining what every PA knows and most of the public--and Congress--have yet to understand: PAs Read More...

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GAPA Announces 2009 PA Award Winners
August 21, 2009 10:50 AM by Heather Simons

The Georgia Association of Physician Assistants has announced the winners of the 2009 GAPA Awards. GAPA president Lori Gaylor, PA-C, MPAS, DFAAPA, remarks: Our award winners have demonstrated high professionalism and dedication to not only GAPA, but to Read More...

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The PA Profession Revealed, By Chapter
August 19, 2009 12:26 PM by Heather Simons

A facebook update from Physician Assistant History Center this morning thanked California PA Beth Grivett for donating her recently published book for prospective PA students, So You Want To Be A Physician Assistant , to the PAHx. The book's foreword, Read More...

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AFPPA Conference Deal Available Now
August 18, 2009 1:17 PM by Terri Schaefer

We’d like to remind our readers that online conference registration for the AFPPA’s 11th Annual National CME Conference and Exhibition is now open; click here for more information . In addition, take advantage of the early bird discounts, available until Read More...

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Sun Reporter Corrects Omission of PAs
August 12, 2009 12:58 PM by Heather Simons

Last Sunday, The Baltimore Sun reporter Kelly Brewington wrote this article: "Nurse practitioners pick up the slack in providing primary care." Today, Brewington published another article, "Physician assistants and health care reform," apparently in response Read More...

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New AFPPA Web Site Unveiled
August 10, 2009 10:43 AM by Terri Schaefer

The Association of Family Practice Physician Assistants adopted new strategic initiative directives last year, and have been taking steps to strengthen AFPPA brand and marketing initiatives. Part of the branding and marketing is the organization’s new Read More...

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“Royal Pains” PA Deals With Lack of Understanding
August 6, 2009 1:48 PM by Terri Schaefer

I haven’t blogged about the USA show “ Royal Pains ” in a little while. Characters had been taking little digs at Divya, the PA character, for the last few weeks, but the most recent episode was extreme. Divya’s story focused on Alan Rider, some sort Read More...

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TIME Article Praises NPs, Ignores PAs
August 3, 2009 12:55 PM by Heather Simons

In a TIME Magazine article published on the Web today, nurse practitioners are lauded as the possible "key" to the success of health care reform: There is an existing group of providers that health reformers are hoping can help fill this gap: nurse practitioners. Read More...

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