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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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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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Oregon PA Wins Teaching Award
July 1, 2009 2:32 PM by Terri Schaefer
Eric Schuman, MPAS, PA-C, an editorial peer reviewer and contributor here at ADVANCE , recently received the 2009 Excellence in Teaching Award from Northwest Permanente Physicians and Surgeons. As Schuman told us, “What especially pleased me was that Read More...
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PA Scholarship Update
June 15, 2009 10:41 AM by Terri Schaefer
Mary Kay Bonds, the mother of PA Julie Sutton-Osgood, who was killed by a drunk driver in July 2005, recently contacted ADVANCE with some updates about the scholarship in her daughter’s name, as well as upcoming events. To date, Bonds says 12 scholarships Read More...
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Campbell PA Program Names Director
June 3, 2009 9:34 AM by Terri Schaefer
The PA program in development at Campbell University in Buies Creek, N.C., has named Thomas P. Colletti as director . Tom is currently an orthopedic PA at Triangle Orthopedics, based in Durham, N.C., and an assistant consulting professor at Duke University Read More...
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New Physician Assistant Program in New Hampshire?
April 1, 2009 2:07 PM by Stephen Cornell
According to the Physician Academy of Vermont Web site, New Hampshire's Franklin Pierce University is looking to start a PA program this year. Franklin Pierce University is working to establish a Masters level Physician Assistant program just over the 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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Three More Physician Assistant Programs Bring Total to 145
March 25, 2009 3:33 PM by Stephen Cornell
ARC-PA has granted accreditation to three brand new physician assistant programs . The new programs are: - Nova Southeastern University in Jacksonville, Fla. This is NSU's fourth accredited PA program and the seventh PA program in Florida. - SUNY Upstate 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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