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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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Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners Working Together
March 18, 2009 3:39 PM by Stephen Cornell
The American Academy of Physician Assistants is teaming with the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners and the Society of Hospital Medicine to offer a CME titled, "Adult Hospitalist Physician Assistant and Nurse Practitioner Boot Camp." This highly 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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Is PA Postgraduate Program Accreditation a 'Danger' to the Physician Assistant Profession?
September 25, 2008 2:09 PM by Stephen Cornell
Now that ARC-PA has granted formal accreditation to three postgraduate PA programs, it's interesting to go back and read the AAPA's vigorous warnings against an accreditation process. The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) recognizes the Read More...
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New PA Students Intend to Practice Primary Care
June 26, 2008 2:52 PM by Stephen Cornell
In the AAPA's 2007 New PA Student Census Survey, 2,272 of 5,165 respondents (44%) stated that they intended to practice in family/general medicine after graduation (respondents are permitted to mark more than one potential specialty). At least at the Read More...
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PA Pay
April 21, 2008 12:16 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA recently added a new PA compensation report to its Web site. This report breaks down by specialty the types of compensation received by PAs from their primary employers. As part of the 2007 AAPA Physician Assistant Census, respondents were asked Read More...
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New PA Special Interest Groups
April 10, 2008 5:16 PM by Stephen Cornell
The April 15 issue of AAPA News includes a report on three new PA special interest groups : The Association of Physician Assistants in Hospital Medicine Physician Assistants for Health Freedom Physician Assistants in Infectious Diseases On the surface, Read More...
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PAs To Receive ATLS Cards
April 9, 2008 7:03 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA announced that beginning on 2008 PAs will receive cards for completing the American College of Surgeons' ATLS course. Between now and this fall, ACS will work to restructure the rules, design the cards, and inform ATLS course managers of the Read More...
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PA Education Needs
March 3, 2008 4:01 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA is conducting an online PA Educational Needs Survey . It sounds as if the academy is investigating some significant new PA education activities. AAPA is considering several new directions to meet the educational needs of its members. These activities Read More...
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New Salary Information by Specialty
January 9, 2008 3:32 PM by Stephen Cornell
The AAPA recently released new information on PA salaries from the 2007 PA census. Here are the specialties with the highest mean total annual income from primary employer for full-time clinically practicing PAs. Specialty - MTI 1. Cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic Read More...
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