As the conference winds to a close today, I want to offer a recap of some more events that took place at the inaugural SPAP conference since I last posted. First of all, SPAP president-elect Ed Wilson told me that the silent auction at the welcome reception the first evening of the conference raised about $600! Many local Baltimore businesses ...

Yesterday was a very busy first day at the Society for PAs in Pediatrics conference. While this is the organization's fourth conference, it's the first conference independent of any other PA group (in the past, the SPAP conference was held with the AFPPA conference). And it's been a success so far! When I spoke with board of directors members ...

ADVANCE for Physician Assistants has arrived at the 2010 AFPPA Spring CME Conference in Walt Disney World. Earlier this evening, I stepped off the Magical Express and into the Coronado Springs Resort, where the palm trees are lush and the water is close and calm. For those family practice PAs who can't make it to this year's conference or who are ...

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.  ***  JanuaryAnnals of Family Medicine publishes a study that concludes, “Family practices employing ...

Physician Assistants for Global Health (PAGH) is holding a conference in Albuquerque, N.M., from Oct. 18-19. PurposeThis conference was developed to provide a general overview of some specific issues in global health service to the poor populations in developing or developed countries worldwide. The information presented is a major part of the ...

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

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. After each Conference, we carefully evaluate the input from our attendees, both in terms of ...