NCCPA has posted to its Web site information about the practice-focused PANRE. Beginning in March 2009, PAs recertifying through PANRE will have a new choice to make. While 60% of the generalist exam will cover the same content as always, the remaining 40% can be directed in one of three areas: Adult medicine Surgery Primary ...

AAPA has submitted testimony to Congress urging an increase in federal funding for Title VII grants in fiscal year 2009. On behalf of the more than 68,000 clinically practicing physician assistants in the United States, the American Academy of Physician Assistants is pleased to submit comments on FY 2009 appropriations for Physician Assistant ...

Incoming AAPA executive vice president Bill Leinweber (he starts at the academy on Feb. 25) seems open to the possibility of a PA public awareness campaign. This excerpt is from the Jan. 30 issue of AAPA News. Leinweber sees increasing public awareness as an important issue, and one that needs to be approached carefully. “There are a lot of ...

Physician assistant fell out of the top 10 in the newest Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) job growth projection report, according to the Jan. 30 issue of AAPA News (not available online yet). The PA profession dropped from No. 4 last year to No. 30 in the most recent BLS projection for 2006 to 2016.  The ...

A doctor who wrote a letter in response to a New York Times article on delays in the emergency department suggested PAs as part of the solution: If every American had a local primary care center that was open until 8 p.m. and opened on weekends, and staffed with a team of professionals that included doctors, nurse practitioners, physician ...

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 services within dermatology practices. According to dermatologists interviewed for this ...

Many of the opponents to the new PA clinical doctorate degree echo a similar sentiment: “If you want to be a doctor, go to medical school.” It’s impossible to deny that wisdom. But there’s a problem, of course. PAs can’t go to medical school without going all the way back to square one and starting medical school from the very beginning, ...

North Carolina PA and ADVANCE editorial advisory board member Charlene Morris is a brand new Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. (Alexandria, VA) – Charlene McClure Morris from Stonewall, NC has been recognized as a Distinguished Fellow of the American Academy of Physician Assistants. She practices Family ...

Thirty PAs and NPs are suing the University of Michigan over gender bias in pay. The group, comprised of U-M Health System employees from the cardiology, oncology and radiology departments, claims in the suit that the university discriminated against them by paying males in comparable jobs more over the past three years. They filed suit last ...

The AAPA recently released new information on PA salaries from the 2007 PA census. Here are the 10 states with the highest mean total annual income from primary employer for full-time clinically practicing PAs.    State - MTI 1. Nevada - $102,522 2. Mississippi - $97,681 3. California - $96,097 4. Alaska - $95,444 5. Rhode ...