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"No Such Thing as Too Many PAs"
November 24, 2009 9:52 AM by Heather Simons
AAPA president Stephen Hanson has published an opinion piece, " 'Make more of them' isn't the only solution to America's physician shortage ," in The Bakersfield Californian endorsing PAs as an integral part of the solution to a growing physician shortage. Read More...
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Hofstra PA Students Try Matchmaking
October 19, 2009 3:49 PM by Heather Simons
On Tuesday, October 13, in honor of Physician Assistant Week, PA students at Hofstra University held a day-long bone marrow drive. In partnership with the Be the Match program, the school's Society of Physician Assistant Students encouraged faculty, staff, Read More...
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News Article Praises PAs
October 6, 2009 12:01 PM by Heather Simons
An article in today's Times Leader , a newspaper serving northeast Pennsylvania, focuses entirely on physician assistants. In honor of PA Week , which starts today, "The PA is in" tells the story of Justine Samanas, a PA at Mercy Special Care Hospital Read More...
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New Health Care Reform Bill Recognizes PAs
September 18, 2009 9:22 AM by Heather Simons
In a move that gets the ball rolling for health care reform, Montana Sen. Max Baucus has released America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. While the bill is not yet complete, it contains several provisions in favor of physician assistants: The bill treats 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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Interview with AAPA's President Elect Gets Big Response
July 27, 2009 10:23 AM by Heather Simons
An interview with Patrick Killeen, president elect of AAPA, has drawn nearly 100 comments and counting on the Daily Kos Web site. Killeen was interviewed by his supervising physician on topics ranging from the AAPA's position on health care reform to Read More...
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AAPA Advertisement Addresses Congress
July 21, 2009 10:51 AM by Heather Simons
On Friday, July 17 and Monday, July 20, the AAPA placed this ad in two Capitol Hill publications. The ad urges members of Congress to "make it as easy to care for someone dying as it is to care for someone living." From the AAPA e-newsletter: CQ Today 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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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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Letters About the Physician Assistant Profession
February 19, 2009 10:41 AM by Stephen Cornell
There are some interesting letters in the most recent issue of JAAPA . One concerns the profession's name. Physician assistant is a lousy moniker but we are forever stuck with it (I hope). The other is about the lack of knowledge about the profession. Read More...
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Physician Assistants and Adolescent Health
February 16, 2009 10:23 AM by Stephen Cornell
Pennsylvania physician assistant Rebecca "Joey" Soward and North Carolina physician assistant Charlene Morris are featured in an article about adolescent health in the Feb. 15 issue of AAPA News . According to the report, adolescents are more likely than 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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'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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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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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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