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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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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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Physician Assistant Doctorate Survey
February 25, 2009 9:28 AM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants and Physician Assistant Education Association are conducting an online survey about clinical doctorate degrees and the PA profession. The survey also asks about PA-to-physician bridge programs. Is the clinical Read More...
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Physician Assistant Clinical Doctorate Update
February 11, 2009 1:50 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants posted on its Web site an update about its investigation of a possible physician assistant clinical doctorate degree . Is the clinical doctorate appropriate to the profession as an entry-level degree, as a Read More...
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Movement on Physician Assistant Doctorate Issue
January 8, 2009 11:27 AM by Stephen Cornell
The PAEA-AAPA summit to consider an entry-level doctorate degree for the profession is scheduled for March 25-27. The organizations have created a sponsor group "to oversee the planning, research, and educational process that will support the final recommendation." 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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Considering the Physician Assistant Entry-Level Doctorate
October 13, 2008 6:40 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Physician Assistant Education Association and the American Academy of Physician Assistants have partnered to look at the issue of entry-level doctorate degrees for the PA profession. The following is from PAEA president Dana Sayre-Stanhope's 2008 Read More...
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AAPA Seeks to Hire Another Staff PA
September 15, 2008 3:31 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA would like to hire a physician assistant as the director, clinical affairs and quality care, according to the job descriptions on the AAPA and PAEA Web sites. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is currently recruiting for the Read More...
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More PA Programs in the Pipeline
August 29, 2008 11:04 AM by Stephen Cornell
I count nine developing U.S. PA programs that have been publically identified. - Ohio's Mount Union College - New York's Clarkson University - New York's SUNY Upstate Medical University - Kentucky's University of the Cumberlands - Florida's Nova Southeastern Read More...
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