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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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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 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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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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The Physician Assistant Explosion
December 29, 2008 5:55 PM by Stephen Cornell
The number of practicing physician assistants will be 73,893 on Wednesday, according to AAPA estimates. Link That represents an increase of 116% in only 10 years, from 34,192 on Dec. 31, 1998. But the physician assistant explosion is just getting started. Read More...
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‘AAPA Congratulates President-Elect Barack Obama’
November 6, 2008 11:59 AM by Michael Gerchufsky
The American Academy of Physician Assistants sent a post-presidential election e-mail to members yesterday congratulating President-elect Barack Obama and pledging to “put health care reform at the top of the national agenda.” We plan to meet with the Read More...
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An ARC-PA Invitation to Physician Assistants
October 15, 2008 9:39 AM by Stephen Cornell
The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant invites PAs to suggest changes to the accreditation standards for entry-level PA education programs. The ARC-PA is soliciting comments on the standards as part of its regular 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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PA Student Participates in Heart Transplant
October 3, 2008 3:13 PM by Stephen Cornell
SAAAPA immediate past president Michael Simmons wrote an essay for the Sept. 30 AAPA about his participation in a heart transplant during PA school. I couldn’t believe it when Dr. Miller told me, “I think I’ve got a heart for later.” This was during my Read More...
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Is PA Postgraduate Program Accreditation a 'Danger' to the Physician Assistant Profession?
September 25, 2008 2:09 PM by Stephen Cornell
Now that ARC-PA has granted formal accreditation to three postgraduate PA programs, it's interesting to go back and read the AAPA's vigorous warnings against an accreditation process. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) recognizes 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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New PA Students Intend to Practice Primary Care
June 26, 2008 2:52 PM by Stephen Cornell
In the AAPA's 2007 New PA Student Census Survey, 2,272 of 5,165 respondents (44%) stated that they intended to practice in family/general medicine after graduation (respondents are permitted to mark more than one potential specialty). At least at the Read More...
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PA Students to Reach Out to NP Students?
June 5, 2008 5:07 PM by Stephen Cornell
Just noticed this interesting Student Academy of the AAPA resolution from San Antonio. Resolution 2008-02 The Student Academy resolves to explore the possibility of the Student Academy developing relationships with student nurse practitioners groups. Read More...
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