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Convicted Fake PA Gets 2 Years in California
May 7, 2009 10:30 AM by Michael Gerchufsky
A California man has pleaded guilty to numerous felony counts for impersonating a PA and was sentenced to two years in prison. From the OC Register : Steve Armand Martinez, 60, San Juan Capistrano, pleaded guilty to four felony count of the unauthorized Read More...
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Physician Assistant Specialty Credentials: The Plot Thickens
March 17, 2009 2:57 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA isn’t the only organization working on physician assistant specialty credentials. Apparently, a relatively new group calling itself the American Board of Physician Assistant Specialists is looking into creating “board certification” for PAs Read More...
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Practice-Focused PANRE Debut
March 10, 2009 6:49 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA quietly rolled out the practice-focused PANRE this month. Here's a little review from the NCCPA Web site: Beginning in March 2009, PAs recertifying through PANRE will have a new choice to make. While 60% of the generalist exam will cover the Read More...
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NCCPA Will Develop Specialty Credential Program for Physician Assistants
February 16, 2009 1:57 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA will develop a voluntary specialty credential program for physician assistants. The NCCPA has posted a statement on its Web site at www.nccpa.net/News_A_SpecialtyCredential.aspx . After several years of thoughtful consideration of how to best 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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Comments on ARC-PA's Standards
October 15, 2008 11:47 AM by Stephen Cornell
On the topic of ARC-PA’s standards for PA programs, I have two questions. One, why does a PA program director need to be a PA or a physician? It certainly should be a consideration, but not a requirement. At least two terrific PA educators were not PAs: Read More...
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NCCPA's Solution for Specialty PAs
August 28, 2008 1:51 PM by Stephen Cornell
Back in May 2006, the NCCPA pledged to develop "a solution to meet the needs of specialty PAs." Since that time, the NCCPA has done a great job creating productive debate about the problems facing PAs in specialties. But it really hasn't offered any solutions. Read More...
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PA Certification Exam Video
July 28, 2008 11:10 AM by Stephen Cornell
On YouTube, a rap video about the PA certification exam from PA J-riz (thanks to the PA Forum for pointing it out). Link to YouTube video Read More...
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Meet the Practice-Focused PANRE
July 22, 2008 6:21 PM by Stephen Cornell
NCCPA has posted to its Web site information about the practice-focused PANRE. Beginning in March 2009, PAs recertifying through PANRE will have a new choice to make. While 60% of the generalist exam will cover the same content as always, the remaining Read More...
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NCCPA CME Deadline
June 9, 2008 3:30 PM by Stephen Cornell
June 30 is the last day to earn and log CME and pay the certification maintenance fee without paying a late fee. Link Read More...
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NCCPA Removes DOD from BOD
June 2, 2008 2:43 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Department of Defense will no longer have a representative on the NCCPA board of directors . After nearly 18 months, it was with significant reluctance that the NCCPA Board of Directors acknowledged the Department of Defense's position that they could Read More...
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Join the NCCPA BOD
May 14, 2008 5:41 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA is looking for a director-at-large . Any certified PA is eligible for nomination; and candidates should possess most, if not all, of the following qualities: Maturity, sound judgment, wide-ranging intellect and personal and professional achievement Read More...
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NCCPA Update
March 25, 2008 2:05 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA has posted on its Web site a summary from its February board of directors meeting. Link Read More...
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10-Year PA Recertification Cycle?
February 27, 2008 2:38 PM by Stephen Cornell
It seems as though Pennsylvania PA Bernie Stuetz's effort to increase the length PA recertification cycle to 10 years is gaining momemtum. Stuetz wrote " A Plan to Revise PA Recertification " for ADVANCE in 2006 and introduced a related resolution at Read More...
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