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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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Physician Assistants for Global Health Conference
September 2, 2008 4:20 PM by Stephen Cornell
Physician Assistants for Global Health (PAGH) is holding a conference in Albuquerque, N.M., from Oct. 18-19. Purpose This conference was developed to provide a general overview of some specific issues in global health service to the poor populations in Read More...
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NCCPA's Solution for Specialty PAs
August 28, 2008 1:51 PM by Stephen Cornell
Back in May 2006, the NCCPA pledged to develop "a solution to meet the needs of specialty PAs." Since that time, the NCCPA has done a great job creating productive debate about the problems facing PAs in specialties. But it really hasn't offered any solutions. 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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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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Reimbursement Woes Drive PAs from Alabama
June 27, 2008 9:25 AM by Stephen Cornell
United Surgical Assistants is leaving the state of Alabama because of problems receiving reimbursement for PA services from Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama, according to an article in today's Birmingham News . Tampa-based United Surgical Assistants 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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Will the Last Provider to Leave Primary Care Please Turn Out the Lights?
June 6, 2008 3:12 PM by Stephen Cornell
Wall Street Journal physician columnist Benjamin Brewer bemoans the " impending collapse of primary care." We've now trained a complete generation of doctors that cares more about lifestyle than anything else. Medical students are choosing the ROAD to 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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2009 Emergency Medicine PA Conference
April 30, 2008 4:24 PM by Stephen Cornell
The Society of Emergency Physician Assistants will hold its 2009 conference at the Marco Island Resort and Spa in Marco Island, Fla., from April 5-9. Four hundred emergency medicine PAs attended SEMPA's recent 2008 conference in Tucson. Link 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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SEMPA '08
March 28, 2008 4:18 PM by Stephen Cornell
ADVANCE will be at the Society of Emergency Medicine Physician Assistants conference in Tucson from March 30 to April 3. The academic program, which offers something for everyone, will be presented by a distinguished faculty from throughout the country. Read More...
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