The Association is looking to fill the role of PAEA Graduate Advisor to the Student Academy of AAPA (SAAAPA) for a two-year term, commencing on July 1, 2020, until June 30, 2022, with the option for reappointment for a second two-year term. This role is ideal for a faculty member newer to PA education. Experience […]
For the first time in the last decade, the number of overdose deaths in the United States fell from year-to-year between 2017 and 2018. Fewer Americans died from prescription opioids and heroin. However, overdose deaths due to synthetic opioids continued to increase, as did deaths among non-Hispanic blacks and Hispanics. Yet, the increase in deaths […]
The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) is now accepting nominations for the National Advisory Council for Healthcare Research and Quality. This advisory panel of outside research experts provides the director of AHRQ and the secretary of Health and Human Services with recommendations for the national health services research agenda. AHRQ is seeking to […]
PAEA is seeking a few new facilitators for three of our core workshops: Faculty Skills 101, Clinical Coordinators 101, and Program Directors 101. Successful applicants can expect to facilitate one or two workshops per year. Once assigned to a workshop, facilitators will participate in monthly planning calls and review of workshop materials. To be eligible, an applicant must: Be current […]
The National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) and AcademyHealth are now accepting applications for their Health Policy Fellowship Program. Statistical information plays an important role in informing actions and policies to improve the health of individuals and communities. With this guiding principle, NCHS and AcademyHealth developed the NCHS/AcademyHealth Health Policy Fellowship Program. The program is […]
PAEA is pleased to announce that, for the third year, we have secured a position for a PA educator in the prestigious Harvard Macy Institute’s Program for Educators in Health Professions, for which program funding will be provided by PAEA. The program provides “a select group of participants with the knowledge base and skills to […]
A new offering from our LMAC will bring together bookworms interested in leadership development.
The Atlantic Fellows for Health Equity program is now accepting applications for its next cohort, which will begin its year-long term in January 2020. Over the course of the program, fellows will work to understand the foundations of health inequity and gain the knowledge, skills, and courage to build more equitable organizations and communities. Fellows […]
Are you a leader in PA education who is looking to have an impact on education at the national level? PAEA is seeking qualified nominees to advance to the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA) for an open commissioner position. Service as an ARC-PA commissioner provides PA educators with the opportunity […]
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) Health Foundation is soliciting applications for a physician (MD or DO) member and a public member of their Board of Directors. Selected candidates will begin a three-year term on January 1, 2020. Board members should expect three in-person meetings each year and conference calls in between […]