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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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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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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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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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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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Physician Assistant Blogs from Iraq
March 24, 2009 2:50 PM by Stephen Cornell
Maj. Mike Roscoe, a physician assistant in the Indiana National Guard and and assistant professor in the Butler University PA program, has been blogging about his deployment to Iraq since Aug. 31, 2008. Roscoe has two posts this month. There's a ton of Read More...
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Physician Assistant Program No. 143 Receives Accreditation
March 17, 2009 11:54 AM by Stephen Cornell
ARC-PA granted provisional accreditation this month to the physician assistant program at Lincoln Memorial University-DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine in Harrowgate, Tenn. The new program is the 143rd accredited PA program in the United States and Read More...
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NPR on 'Doctor Nurses'
February 24, 2009 1:01 PM by Stephen Cornell
National Public Radio did a piece on the Doctor of Nursing Practice degree on All Things Considered on Feb. 22. No one wants to badmouth Florence Nightingale, but a new degree for nurses is causing bad blood between doctors and their longtime colleagues. Read More...
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Physician Assistants and the Underserved in Texas
February 23, 2009 1:21 PM by Stephen Cornell
An article from The Herald newspaper of Brownsville, Texas, talks about the positive effects of the University of Texas-Pan American's physician assistant program on health care in an underserved region of the state. The Valley's shortage of healthcare Read More...
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