A recent entry in NPR's health blog Shots turns its attention to the growing presence of PAs in current health care reform discussions, focusing specifically on AAPA president Stephen Hanson's appearance at the bipartisan health summit. As ADVANCE reported last week, Hanson stood directly behind President Obama as he pledged to push through ...

The AAPA Nominating Committee has endorsed candidates for the 2010 General Election of the AAPA Board of Directors. The four open positions are president elect, treasurer and two directors at large. The candidates are: President Elect:Patti Pagels, MPAS, PA-CRobert L. Wooten, PA-C Treasurer: Linda L. Contreras, MPAS, PA-C Bruce C. ...

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.  A Bakersfield resident, Hanson explains how PAs are primed to ...

On Tuesday, October 13, in honor of Physician Assistant Week, PA students at Hofstra University held a day-long bone marrow drive. In partnership with the Be the Match program, the school's Society of Physician Assistant Students encouraged faculty, staff, students and community members to get tested for potential bone marrow compatibility with ...

An article in today's Times Leader, a newspaper serving northeast Pennsylvania, focuses entirely on physician assistants. In honor of PA Week, which starts today, ''The PA is in'' tells the story of Justine Samanas, a PA at Mercy Special Care Hospital in Nanticoke: Justine Samanas is spending her workday seeing patients, listening to ...

Editor's Note: Below is a blog post from Michael C. Doll, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, FAPACVS, president of APACVS, on the subject of PA specialty certification. Check back each Monday for a new post, and please feel free to leave comments. If you would like to contribute a blog entry, e-mail assistant editor Heather Simons at hsimons@advanceweb.com. ...

Editor's Note: Below is the first blog post from a PA on the topic of specialty certification. This one comes from Rick Rohrs, PA-C, DFAAPA, past president of the AAPA and past president and past chairman of the NCCPA. Check back each Monday for a new post, and please feel free to leave comments. If you would like to contribute a blog entry, ...

Greg P. Thomas, PA, MPH, AAPA senior vice president for education, membership and resource development, will take part in “Time to Talk CARDIO: Creating A Real Dialogue In the Office,” a Webcast that takes place tomorrow morning at 8 a.m. EST. He will discuss implementation of the program with former surgeon general Richard H. Carmona, MD, MPH, ...

In a move that gets the ball rolling for health care reform, Montana Sen. Max Baucus has released America’s Healthy Future Act of 2009. While the bill is not yet complete, it contains several provisions in favor of physician assistants: The bill treats physicians, PAs, and NPs very similarly in the new patient models of care, ...

In response to an article in USA Today, ''Doctor shortage looms as primary care loses its pull,'' AAPA president Stephen Hanson wrote a letter to the editor explaining what every PA knows and most of the public--and Congress--have yet to understand: PAs can and should be able to fill the gaps in primary care. That letter appeared on the USA ...