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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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Fixing the Problem with Primary Care
November 13, 2009 12:05 PM by Heather Simons
A recent article in The New York Times discusses how " Primary Care's Image Problem " is leading the vast majority of med students into specialties over primary care and how the patient-centered medical home model could alter the course of this alarming Read More...
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Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants Announces Election Results
April 8, 2009 12:07 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants announced the results of its 2009 elections on Facebook. The winners are: Abby Jacobson (president-elect) CaSondra Soto (vice president) Mark Hyde (director at large) John Notabartolo (director at large) Read More...
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NCCPA Will Develop Specialty Credential Program for Physician Assistants
February 16, 2009 1:57 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA will develop a voluntary specialty credential program for physician assistants. The NCCPA has posted a statement on its Web site at www.nccpa.net/News_A_SpecialtyCredential.aspx . After several years of thoughtful consideration of how to best 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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PA Pundit on ReachMD
August 4, 2008 6:56 PM by Stephen Cornell
PA and ReachMD radio show host Lisa D'Andrea interviewed PA expert Jim Cawley for this week's show: "Are PAs Abandoning Primary Care Medicine?" Link Read More...
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PAs and Derm
January 25, 2008 12:45 PM by Stephen Cornell
Florida PA Krystie Lennox, a recent addition to the ADVANCE editorial advisory board, wrote an article about dermatology PAs for the November 2007 issue of Skin & Aging . Physician assistants can provide a vast array of traditional and non-traditional Read More...
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