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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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PAs and Doctorates
December 30, 2008 2:23 PM by Stephen Cornell
Almost all of the physician assistant leaders I speak with seem to believe strongly that most PAs are dead set against PA-specific clinical doctorate degrees. That's certainly what I believed before I really began looking into the issue and talking to 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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Less Silence Needed on Physician Assistant Doctorates
December 11, 2008 6:32 PM by Stephen Cornell
The introduction to PAEA's Informing the Clinical Doctorate Dialogue online section includes this quote: The PA community has for the most part been silent on this issue but recognizes that this position will not serve the profession well in the long Read More...
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PAEA's New Online Look
December 11, 2008 4:47 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Physician Assistant Education Association has lauched its redesigned Web site. The site looks great, has a ton of information and seems easy to navigate. Front and center at the new Web site is a section titled, "Informing the Clinical Doctorate Debate." 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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Confusion About "Doctor"
November 18, 2008 5:05 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American College of Clinicians recently adopted a position statement titled, " The Use of the Term Doctor in the Clinical Setting ." The ACC concludes that there could be some confusion, but that it really isn't a big deal. Makes a lot of sense. Today, 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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PA Clinical Doctorate Program Graduation
July 23, 2008 5:14 PM by Stephen Cornell
I did not see this when it was originally published, but in its Dec. 20, 2007, issue the Fort Sam Houston News Leader published a good article about the graduation of the first class from the U.S. Army's clinical doctorate program for PAs in emergency 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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