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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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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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Physician Assistant Specialty Credentials: The Plot Thickens
March 17, 2009 2:57 PM by Stephen Cornell
The NCCPA isn’t the only organization working on physician assistant specialty credentials. Apparently, a relatively new group calling itself the American Board of Physician Assistant Specialists is looking into creating “board certification” for PAs Read More...
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New SEMPA Web Site
February 19, 2009 11:09 AM by Stephen Cornell
The Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants has redesigned its Web site. www.sempa.org 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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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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Mandatory Physician Assistant Specialty Residencies?
December 17, 2008 11:29 AM by Stephen Cornell
Interesting poll and thread over at the PA Forum about the future of PA specialty residencies . This is from the first post on the topic: time to stir the pot some more..... should pa's who work outside of primary care have to do a residency in their Read More...
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Society of Physician Assistants in Hallway Medicine (SPAHM)
October 27, 2008 3:00 PM by Stephen Cornell
Hard to believe this is health care in the United States. It reads like a goof piece from The Onion . It may not sound like ideal health care, but hospital officials nationwide are being urged to consider hallway medicine as a way to ease emergency department Read More...
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Resource for Hospitalist PAs
October 8, 2008 12:44 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Society of Hospital Medicine has created an online resource center for PAs and NPs in hospital 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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Surgical Physician Assistants on ReachMD
September 16, 2008 3:55 PM by Stephen Cornell
On ReachMD this week, PA and host Lisa D'Andrea interviews Bob Blumm about physician assistants in surgery . Guest Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA, discusses how surgical physician assistants are contributing to the quality of care in hospitals throughout Read More...
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