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AAPA Town Hall Meeting Wrap
May 25, 2009 12:46 PM by Terri Schaefer
Late yesterday afternoon, AAPA president Cindy Lord, president-elect Steve Hanson and CEO Bill Leinweber were panelists at the academy’s inaugural Town Hall meeting. Questions of any sort were encouraged from the in-person audience, as well as from participants Read More...
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AAPA Treasurer's Report
May 23, 2009 7:38 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
One fascinating annual presentation at the AAPA HOD that we at ADVANCE try not to miss is the treasurer's report. Bruce Fichandler, PA, manages to simultaneously cram the report with humor and a large amount of data about the finances of the academy. Read More...
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AAPA San Diego Update
May 23, 2009 7:13 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
Saturday has been a busy day so far at the AAPA Conference. At the general session this morning, AAPA president Cindy Lord promised that PAs no longer will be the "curious omission" in discussions of policy and public awareness. Later, CEO Bill Leinweber Read More...
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AAPA Conference Begins Saturday
May 21, 2009 1:51 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
The ADVANCE for Physician Assistants staff is headed to San Diego for the annual AAPA conference. Keep up with conference events on here on the ADVANCE blog for PAs , at our Facebook page and on our Twitter feed. For an audio preview, listen to editor Read More...
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American Academy of Physician Assistants Conference IMPACT 2009
February 19, 2009 4:05 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants put together a nice preliminary program for its May 2009 conference in San Diego. This passage is from AAPA president Cindy Lord's front-page conference preview. ... For so many years, we have fought for recognition Read More...
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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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IMPACT 2009
November 25, 2008 4:36 PM by Stephen Cornell
The 2009 AAPA conference in San Diego is less than six months away. The AAPA is already hyping it, and a conference brochure arrived in the ADVANCE for Physician Assistants mailbox this afternoon. AAPA's 37th Annual PA Conference is not one to miss! The Read More...
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Flashy New Logos
September 2, 2008 2:17 PM by Stephen Cornell
Check out the slick new logos for the AAPA conference. Although I liked the old-style logos, I also think the academy was probably due for a change. Square logo on right side of home page Top banner logo The conference will be in San Diego from May 23-28, Read More...
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San Antonio Revisited
June 27, 2008 11:14 AM by Stephen Cornell
I tried to wrap up the AAPA conference blog posts three weeks ago because I felt like the topic was getting a little stale, but the June 30 issue of AAPA News is chock full of articles from San Antonio . Some tidbits: The two-page article on the International Read More...
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AAPA Photo Galleries
June 24, 2008 1:20 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA has posted a bunch of photos from the 27th International Reggae and World Music Awards and the 2007 and 2008 PA conferences on Flicker at www.flickr.com/photos/aapa/ Link There are also a ton of 2008 AAPA conference photos here Read More...
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PA Students to Reach Out to NP Students?
June 5, 2008 5:07 PM by Stephen Cornell
Just noticed this interesting Student Academy of the AAPA resolution from San Antonio. Resolution 2008-02 The Student Academy resolves to explore the possibility of the Student Academy developing relationships with student nurse practitioners groups. Read More...
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DeSales Wins Third SAAAPA Challenge Bowl Crown
June 4, 2008 7:42 PM by Stephen Cornell
DeSales University won the 2008 SAAAPA National Medical Challenge Bowl in San Antonio last week. Students from DeSales have now won three national PA student challenge bowl titles since 2002. Members of the winning squad were Ray Rivera, Shawn Reynolds Read More...
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PA Students Oppose Entry-Level PA Doctorates
June 3, 2008 2:42 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Student Academy of the AAPA Assembly of Representatives did debate PA doctorate degrees in San Antonio and came out against entry-level PA doctorates. From the May 27 AAPA News Conference Daily (under the bland headline "AOR Approves 24 Resolutions"): Read More...
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Is It Time to Rethink the AAPA HOD?
June 3, 2008 2:10 PM by Stephen Cornell
I am a devoted fan of the AAPA House of Delegates and have attended the HOD at 12 consecutive AAPA conferences. The last few years, I’ve attended the HOD from beginning to end (although I admit to skipping out on the last few standing ovations for departing Read More...
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Back from San Antonio
June 2, 2008 12:08 PM by Stephen Cornell
The ADVANCE Blog for PAs is officially back from the AAPA conference in San Antonio . The conference was outstanding, as always. There's no substitute for having thousands of PAs together in one place. An estimated 6,200 PAs and PA students attended the Read More...
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