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International Physician Assistant Education
September 26, 2008 4:08 PM by Stephen Cornell
Eleven countries will participate in the first International Forum for Physician Assistant Education on Oct. 28. Australia Canada England Ghana Ireland Kenya Netherlands Nicaragua South Africa Thailand United States of America Preliminary agenda Read More...
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AAPA Seeks to Hire Another Staff PA
September 15, 2008 3:31 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA would like to hire a physician assistant as the director, clinical affairs and quality care, according to the job descriptions on the AAPA and PAEA Web sites. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is currently recruiting for 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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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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Thoughts From a New PA
July 22, 2008 5:48 PM by Stephen Cornell
Recent graduate Jessica Boudreaux-Milliagan wrote about becoming a PA for the July issue of PAEA Networker . It is difficult to believe that only four years ago, most of my patients had four legs and were covered with fur or feathers. You see, I had spent Read More...
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PAEA Forum Information Online
June 20, 2008 10:37 AM by Stephen Cornell
Preliminary information about the 2008 PAEA Annual Education Forum is available on the association's Web site at www.paeaonline.org/Meetings/EdForum2008/2008EducationForum.html . The forum will be held at the Hyatt Regency in Savannah, Ga., from Oct. Read More...
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PA Education Article in Top Three
April 9, 2008 1:52 PM by Stephen Cornell
Via the April issue of the PAEA Networker , Gene Jones's article " Physician Assistant Education in the United States " is listed as one of the top three articles of 2007 by the journal Academic Medicine . Imagine Gene Jones’s surprise as he logged on Read More...
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Doug Southard, PA and College Provost
March 18, 2008 6:27 PM by Stephen Cornell
The March issue of PAEA Networker has an article about PA educator Doug Southard , who is the provost at Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, Va. According to the article, Southard is probably the only PA to have become a college provost. Read More...
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The Future of PA Education
March 4, 2008 6:03 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician Assistant Education Association immediate past president Anita Duhl Glicken writes about the future of PA education in the March issue of PAEA Networker . More than 10 years ago — and three months before he was diagnosed with terminal cancer Read More...
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Genomics and PAs
February 18, 2008 5:23 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician Assistant Education Association director at large Constance Goldgar wrote about PAs and genetics in the February issue of PAEA Networker . For those members who were fortunate enough to be able to attend the plenary session given by Dr. Francis Read More...
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