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Wake Forest University’s MMS-PhD Program Approved
October 26, 2009 10:43 AM by Terri Schaefer
Ralph W. Rice, MPAS, PA-C, associate professor and associate director of the Wake Forest University PA program in Winston-Salem, N.C., recently told ADVANCE that the university's board of trustees has approved its proposed MMS-PhD program. The program, 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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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 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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NPR on 'Doctor Nurses'
February 24, 2009 1:01 PM by Stephen Cornell
National Public Radio did a piece on the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree on All Things Considered on Feb. 22. No one wants to badmouth Florence Nightingale, but a new degree for nurses is causing bad blood between doctors and their longtime colleagues. 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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Some Support for a Physician Assistant-to-Physician Bridge Program
February 4, 2009 5:14 PM by Stephen Cornell
There's some support for a physician assistant-to-physician bridge program on the Physician Assistant Educaiton Association's Web site. The ongoing discussion is in the comments section below PAEA's resources about PA doctorate degrees. From PA educator 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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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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'Your Doctor Can Be a Nurse, and Will Be a Nurse'
October 16, 2008 1:15 PM by Stephen Cornell
ADVANCE for NPs associate editor Jennifer Ford attended the first-ever doctorate of nursing practice conference in Memphis last week and blogged about it here . There still seems to be a lot of disagreement and confusion about the move to the DNP. This 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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PAs and Doctorates is a Popular Topic
August 27, 2008 12:03 PM by Stephen Cornell
The ADVANCE for PAs Web site's current top story, " Cautious About Doctorates ," has generated a ton of traffic and many good comments in less than 24 hours. PAs seem starved for information on doctorate degrees and the PA profession. Link Read More...
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Physician Assistant-to-Physician Bridge Program
August 14, 2008 12:29 PM by Stephen Cornell
I continue to be astounded by the amount of interest in and support for the idea of a PA-to-physician bridge program . Our article about a possible bridge program generates enormous traffic to the ADVANCE for PAs Web site, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly Read More...
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Perceptions of Doctorate Degrees and Physician Assistant Education
August 13, 2008 3:50 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Journal of Physician Assistant Education published a study in its most recent issue titled, “ Perceptions of US Physician Assistants Regarding the Entry-Level Doctoral Degree in PA Education .” The authors found that PAs oppose entry-level doctorate Read More...
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Perceptions of PA Doctorate Degrees
July 24, 2008 2:56 PM by Stephen Cornell
About 55% of PAs responding to a Wichita State University survey “ do not favor the profession moving toward offering a DPA degree .” The study was published in Wichita State’s Proceedings of the 4th Annual GRASP (Graduate Research and Scholarly Projects) Read More...
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