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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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New Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants Podcasts
January 23, 2009 2:45 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants has two new audio podcasts available on its Dermcast.tv Web site. On one, SDPA immediate past president Robert Higham interviews New Jersey derm PA Casey Croes about the society's Distance Learning Initiative 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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Physician Assistant Letter in New England Journal of Medicine
December 18, 2008 12:00 PM by Stephen Cornell
Stony Brook University PA program chair Paul Lombardo's letter about physician assistants and primary care was published in the Dec. 18 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. Link 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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ARC-PA Accredits Postgraduate PA Program No. 3
September 16, 2008 5:06 PM by Stephen Cornell
At its recent meeting, ARC-PA also granted accreditation to a third postgraduate physician assistant program. Duke University Medical Center's postgraduate PA surgical residency earned accreditation. Previously accredited were M.D. Anderson Cancer Center's Read More...
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Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants Distance Learning Initiative
July 31, 2008 11:16 AM by Stephen Cornell
Information about SDPA's distance learning education program is online at www.dermpa.org/DLI/# . 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 Residency in Critical Care
June 9, 2008 2:40 PM by Stephen Cornell
Just spotted a post about this at the PA Forum . Johns Hopkins has created a postgraduate residency in critical care for PAs . The Johns Hopkins Hospital Department of Anesthesiology/Critical Care Medicine Postgraduate Critical Care Residency is a 12-month Read More...
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PA Postgraduate Program Accreditation
May 12, 2008 2:58 PM by Stephen Cornell
ARC-PA has created a page to list accredited clinical postgraduate PA programs . There are currently two. The surgery residency at Johns Hopkins and the oncology residency at MD Anderson Cancer Center received ARC-PA accreditation in March. Link 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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