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AAPA Town Hall Meeting Wrap
May 25, 2009 12:46 PM by Terri Schaefer
Late yesterday afternoon, AAPA president Cindy Lord, president-elect Steve Hanson and CEO Bill Leinweber were panelists at the academy’s inaugural Town Hall meeting. Questions of any sort were encouraged from the in-person audience, as well as from participants Read More...
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AAPA Treasurer's Report
May 23, 2009 7:38 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
One fascinating annual presentation at the AAPA HOD that we at ADVANCE try not to miss is the treasurer's report. Bruce Fichandler, PA, manages to simultaneously cram the report with humor and a large amount of data about the finances of the academy. Read More...
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AAPA San Diego Update
May 23, 2009 7:13 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
Saturday has been a busy day so far at the AAPA Conference. At the general session this morning, AAPA president Cindy Lord promised that PAs no longer will be the "curious omission" in discussions of policy and public awareness. Later, CEO Bill Leinweber Read More...
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AAPA Conference Begins Saturday
May 21, 2009 1:51 PM by Michael Gerchufsky
The ADVANCE for Physician Assistants staff is headed to San Diego for the annual AAPA conference. Keep up with conference events on here on the ADVANCE blog for PAs , at our Facebook page and on our Twitter feed. For an audio preview, listen to editor Read More...
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American Academy of Physician Assistants Conference IMPACT 2009
February 19, 2009 4:05 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants put together a nice preliminary program for its May 2009 conference in San Diego. This passage is from AAPA president Cindy Lord's front-page conference preview. ... For so many years, we have fought for recognition 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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IMPACT 2009
November 25, 2008 4:36 PM by Stephen Cornell
The 2009 AAPA conference in San Diego is less than six months away. The AAPA is already hyping it, and a conference brochure arrived in the ADVANCE for Physician Assistants mailbox this afternoon. AAPA's 37th Annual PA Conference is not one to miss! 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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DeSales Wins Third SAAAPA Challenge Bowl Crown
June 4, 2008 7:42 PM by Stephen Cornell
DeSales University won the 2008 SAAAPA National Medical Challenge Bowl in San Antonio last week. Students from DeSales have now won three national PA student challenge bowl titles since 2002. Members of the winning squad were Ray Rivera, Shawn Reynolds Read More...
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Is It Time to Rethink the AAPA HOD?
June 3, 2008 2:10 PM by Stephen Cornell
I am a devoted fan of the AAPA House of Delegates and have attended the HOD at 12 consecutive AAPA conferences. The last few years, I’ve attended the HOD from beginning to end (although I admit to skipping out on the last few standing ovations for departing Read More...
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Back from San Antonio
June 2, 2008 12:08 PM by Stephen Cornell
The ADVANCE Blog for PAs is officially back from the AAPA conference in San Antonio . The conference was outstanding, as always. There's no substitute for having thousands of PAs together in one place. An estimated 6,200 PAs and PA students attended the Read More...
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On the Positive Side
May 25, 2008 10:27 PM by Stephen Cornell
SAN ANTONIO—I don't want to give the impression from the last two posts that I have negative feelings about the 2008 AAPA conference. While I do feel that the attendance is disappointing and that the House of Delegates missed a unique opportunity to debate Read More...
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No PA Doctorate Debate?
May 25, 2008 10:18 PM by Stephen Cornell
SAN ANTONIO—It looks as if the AAPA House of Delegates will not debate the issue of PA-specific doctorate degrees in 2008. The academy's board of directors spent a significant amount of time discussing a possible emergency resolution to the HOD on the Read More...
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San Antonio Conference Attendance Disappointing
May 25, 2008 10:16 PM by Stephen Cornell
SAN ANTONIO—For the second straight year, attendance at the annual AAPA conference will fall well below expectations , according to the May 25 AAPA News Conference Daily . The academy expected about 7,000 attendees in San Antonio this week, but probably Read More...
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Another PA Conference Note
April 30, 2008 4:33 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA conference in San Antonio begins in less than 571 hours. Link Read More...
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