According to a list compiled by CareerCast.com, physician assistant ranks in the top eight most-stressful jobs in the country, along with newspaper reporter, general practice physician, real estate agent, advertising account executive, photojournalist, commercial airline pilot and surgeon. An article in the NY Daily News explained how ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: Below is a blog post from Randy Danielson, PhD, PA-C, DFAAPA, on the subject of PA specialty certification, which was originally published in Clinician Reviews. An excerpt is included here; you can read the complete article by clicking on the link at the end. Check back each Monday for a new post, and please feel free to leave ...

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 trend.   A decreasing number of primary care physicians has ...

A.T. Still University Arizona School of Health Sciences (ATSU-ASHS) alumnus Geoffrey Hoffa, PA-C, was recently named to the Arizona Regulatory Board of Physician Assistants (ARBoPA) by Arizona Governor Jan Brewer. He will replace Randy Danielsen, PhD, PA-C, dean of ATSU-ASHS, who has just completed his maximum two terms on the board. ''When ...

In an article posted today, orthopedic surgeon and TIME Magazine writer Scott Haig discusses the nation's shortage of surgical assistants--and slights PAs as overly expensive and potentially inadequate ''alternatives'' to a surgical resident or fellow.  In ''The Case of the Missing Assistant Surgeon,'' Haig notes that surgery has ...

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 ...

''The cost of medical care for inmates in Westmoreland County Prison is going up.'' But only in the short term, and to the benefit of PAs. The Pennsylvania prison has made a one-year deal with Naphcare, Inc., the facility's Alabama-based, longtime health care provider, which will increase what the county is expected to pay in 2009 by 5%. ...

In a letter to editor Michael Gerchufsky, Todd Bruce, PA-C, FAPACVS, writes that he is ''very concerned about the path the NCCPA is taking our profession down.'' In response, Bruce sent a letter to the NCCPA, voicing his concerns about PA specialty certification. ''I hope that it is not too late to reverse this dangerous process,'' he says. Below ...

Well, as we all know, it is officially PA week! October 6th to the 12th, marks the annual celebration of physician assistants all over the country.  Each year, PA week raises awareness to the public of the crucial role of the PA in our society. It also serves as a reminder to those of us who already know the importance of PAs firsthand what ...