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Stronger Primary Care Requires More PAs, NPs March 9, 2010 10:05 AM by Heather Simons: Recommendations from a group of health care leaders convened by the Macy Foundation suggest that new ways of organizing and expanding the roles of primary care physicians, nurse practitioners and physician assistants will strengthen primary care in the Read More...
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AAPA President Goes to the White House March 4, 2010 12:44 PM by Heather Simons: On Wednesday, AAPA president Stephen Hanson stood in the East Room of the White House just behind President Obama as he pledged to push through national health care reform, despite Republican opposition. According to a report in the Bakersfield local Read More...
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PAs Receive Growing Support in Canada February 9, 2010 10:38 AM by Heather Simons: Physician assistants are receiving support from physicians to assume a growing role in health care across Canada, though some nurses still maintain that PAs are inadequately trained, overly expensive and unsafe for patients, according to an article in Read More...
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Vietnamese Physician Works to Become a PA January 11, 2010 11:18 AM by Heather Simons: Thuy Ho, a 38-year-old resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, and mother of two children, is studying to become a physician assistant, a choice she made after immigrating to the U.S. from Vietnam in 2001. According to an article at Journalstar.com , U.S. medical Read More...
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Where Are the Psych PAs? January 4, 2010 3:26 PM by Heather Simons: In a letter to the editor of Psychiatric Services , Glenn D. Grace, PhD, MS, and Richard C. Christensen, MD, MA, argue that an increase in psychiatric PAs could provide a safe and cost-effective solution to a severe shortage of mental health practitioners. Read More...
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PA is Named Best Career, Again December 28, 2009 10:29 AM by Heather Simons: Once again, physician assistant has been named one of the best careers, this time in a U.S. News & World Report article called " America's Best Careers: 2010 ." Back in November, CNNMoney.com ranked physician assistant #2 in the 50 best jobs in America Read More...
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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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In TIME, Surgeon Slights PAs October 23, 2009 12:28 PM by Heather Simons: In an article posted today, orthopedic surgeon and TIME Magazine writer Scott Haig discusses the nation's shortage of surgical assistants--and slights PAs as overly expensive and potentially inadequate "alternatives" to a surgical resident or fellow. 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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From Patient to PA: The Importance of Organ Donation October 1, 2009 1:15 PM by Heather Simons: Sixteen years ago, Jim Ginter, president of the Wisconsin Academy of Physician Assistants and an ADVANCE author and peer reviewer, received a new kidney and discovered a new path in life. In an article in the Sheboygan Press , Ginter discusses the hereditary Read More...
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PA Student Develops Instrument to Estimate Calcium Intake September 2, 2009 3:00 PM by Terri Schaefer: Morgan Henry, a PA student at the Keck School of Medicine USC Primary Care Physician Assistant Program in California, along with Hawley Almstedt, PhD, has developed a validated research questionnaire to accurately estimate calcium intake. Their research 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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The PA Profession Revealed, By Chapter August 19, 2009 12:26 PM by Heather Simons: A facebook update from Physician Assistant History Center this morning thanked California PA Beth Grivett for donating her recently published book for prospective PA students, So You Want To Be A Physician Assistant , to the PAHx. The book's foreword, Read More...
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PAs Discuss Health Care on Fox News July 31, 2009 10:25 AM by Heather Simons: Yesterday, Fox News posted two videos in which future health care professionals from Emory University answer questions about their views on health care reform. The first video, "Doctors of Tomorrow," included three medical students, one resident and two 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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