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From "old boys" to "all girls": Changing PA demographics

L. Gail Curtis, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA April 03, 2012

Women PAs must recognize and act on their aptitude for leadership to help ensure the continued growth of the PA profession.

Commentary

Great expectations—or how to  focus on prevention for all

Daniel L. O’Donoghue, PA-C, PhD March 06, 2012

Collaborating with public health departments and community programs is key to achieving behavioral change in our patients, even for the underserved.

Commentary

Precepting PA students: How  you can touch the future

February 03, 2012

PAs can build a stronger profession by mentoring their future colleagues, says the author. Give back by volunteering to precept.

Commentary

A quarter-century of JAAPA:  A long, remarkable journey

Sarah Zarbock, PA-C January 06, 2012

JAAPA's recently retired editor in chief describes some of the Journal's accomplishments during her tenure and explores some of the challenges facing JAAPA in the years ahead.

Editorial

What could PAs become if they answer the call to leadership?

Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C May 01, 2012

The author explores leadership as epitomized by individual PAs, arguing that their stories will help others to realize their aptitudes for leadership, demystify the path to making lasting change, and invigorate PAs to lead the profession forward.

Editorial

A parent's death: Helping a  child after devastating trauma

Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C, Lloyd "Chip" Taylor, PhD December 06, 2011

PAs are ideally situated to intervene in situations of parental loss. We can do much to help these children, such as providing practical strategies that help create environments that support healing and normal development.

Editorial

AAPA's new president: Learn more about a man on a mission

Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C September 06, 2011

Robert Wooten believes that PAs can provide the leadership needed to solve our health care challenges—leadership that he says begins the moment you volunteer and get involved.

Editorial

Tales of the unexpected—and  the lessons therein for us all

Reamer L. Bushardt, PharmD, PA-C August 02, 2011

As a PA, you know how to make a team successful, and you have a deep understanding of why teams sometimes fail.

From the Academy

Pneumococcal disease: Swinging away at a dangerous killer

Marie-Michèle Léger, MPH, PA-C, Susan J. Rehm, MD September 03, 2010

Tens of thousands of American adults needlessly suffer and die from pneumococcal disease every year. The time has come for PAs to advocate for better vaccination coverage for this dangerous disease.

From the Academy

Continuous professional development (CPD) enhances the pursuit of lifelong learning

P. Michel Statler, MLA, PA-C May 12, 2010

The PEDC provides an overview of the impending changes in continuing medical education and explains how PAs can benefit from them.

From the Academy

Using research to map a strategy for the future of the PA profession

Stephen H. Hanson, MPA, PA-C February 04, 2010

Gaps in our research into the characteristics of the PA profession diminish our effectiveness as advocates for the profession in the legislative and regulatory arenas.

From the Academy

Advocacy matters: It's essential to the growth of the PA profession

Bill Leinweber January 07, 2010

The AAPA urges physician assistants to help build the PA profession's advocacy efforts and influence on Capitol Hill to a higher level.

Sounding Board

Physician assistants and retirement

Roderick S. Hooker, PhD, PA-C November 08, 2011

PAs may practice longer than expected and need to bridge their retirement in unprecedented ways. Who, what, and why remain challenging questions.

Sounding Board

Ways to celebrate PA Week

Joshua N. Butler, MMS, PA-C, Katie E. Butler, MPAS, PA-C September 21, 2011

The PA profession is undeniably critical to the future of medicine, and we all have a responsibility to represent PAs the best we can.

Sounding Board

Ovarian cancer: Breaking the silence

Kelly Donkers, MPA, PA-C, Heidi M. Felix, MPAS, PA-C September 16, 2011

More than 90% of women survive when ovarian cancer is caught early. The key is awareness, for both the patient and the PA.

Sounding Board

Chaperones for all?

Margaret Allen, PA-C May 26, 2011

All patients should be offered a trained chaperone for intimate exams in advance of the consultation. The gender of either patient or provider should not influence the discussion.