It is with heavy hearts that we announce the passing of Donald W. Fisher, PhD, the first executive director of the association that is now PAEA. Dr. Fisher passed away from cancer at the age of 71 on Sunday, March 26. Dr. Fisher served both the Association and AAPA from 1973-1980, when PAEA was still […]
Last week, 61 PA educators, four editors, two psychometricians, and four association executives gathered in Oklahoma City to engage in a fast-paced three days of item review. Enjoy these photos and highlights from the event.
The JBJS Journal of Orthopaedics for Physician Assistants (JOPA), one of the first peer-reviewed specialty journals for the PA profession, has two opportunities currently available. First, JOPA is looking for PA educators with orthopedic experience to join the Editorial Board and Peer Review Team. For more information on these positions, please contact JOPA Editor Dagan […]
Applications for the 2017-2018 Mayo Clinic Hospital Internal Medicine PA Fellowship are now being accepted. Three PAs will be selected to participate in the fellowship, which will take place at the Mayo Clinic Hospital in Phoenix starting in September. Selected students will choose between three clinical tracks for the one-year program: traditional hospitalist, critical care medicine, and […]
Planning for Project Access at the AAPA conference in Las Vegas is officially underway. If you’re unfamiliar, Project Access is an outreach program that takes representatives from the PA profession to high schools to give an interactive and informative presentation to students who may be interested in a health professions career. It’s designed to inspire and motivate underrepresented […]
Two bills with the potential to do great things for PA education were introduced in the House of Representatives on March 17. Congressmember Karen Bass, a PA and a former PA educator, introduced the two bills, which include some significant changes from the versions introduced in 2015, based on feedback from Hill staff and the […]
PAEA sent out the following statement today to all members of the Federation of Associations of Schools of the Health Professions, opposing the proposed cuts to health care funding in the Trump Administration’s budget blueprint: March 22, 2017, Washington, DC — President Trump’s America First: A Budget Blueprint to Make America Great Again proposes devastating cuts […]
On Tuesday, April 4, join the FDA’s Division of Drug Information for a webinar on fluoroquinolones. Specifically, the webinar will cover: The disabling and potentially irreversible constellation of adverse events that have been associated with the use of systemic fluoroquinolones The importance of stopping the fluoroquinolone antibacterial drug at the first sign that a patient […]
Earlier this week, 20 students from the PA program at the Keck School of Medicine came to Washington, DC, to try out their advocacy skills.
A new anatomical gift program will serve as a valuable resource for Elon University students in the School of Health Sciences, as well as in undergraduate science courses, as they learn about the human body and train to become PAs. The program, headed by Dianne Person, will provide members of the local community and others […]