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 ...

As I sat through almost nine straight hours of lecture yesterday, I found I had some time to reflect on the past few months in this new chapter of my life. Despite the fact that I couldn't wait for my long day to be over, tonight I spent the car ride home assembling my thoughts about my journey thus far in becoming a PA. I found it hard to ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: Below is a blog post from Miquel Valdez, PA-C, 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. Thanks. I've been putting off making any ...

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 ...

Editor's Note: Below is a blog post from Bob Blumm, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA, 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. Thanks.  PA specialty certification ...

I'm back in Pennsylvania after two days at the AFPPA Fall CME Conference and Exhibition at the Arizona Grand Resort in Phoenix. Upon my arrival at the conference, I was excited to hear the organization had broken all previous attendance records, with nearly 600 registered attendees. And with speakers, exhibitors and guests, there are more ...

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 ...

One of my roles at school is to be a student ambassador. I team up with a couple of my classmates to host prospective students on their interview day. We take them out to lunch and lead them on a tour across campus. Along the way, they ask me questions and I do my best to answer. Recently, an applicant told me a story of a ...