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Piddling: A new approach to preventive health care?

February 06, 2012

I fear that if I lost my piddling, I might require some more exhaustive intervention, like yoga or meditation. Piddling, a daily dose of omega fatty acids, and an annual health screening seem to form the major foundation of my preventive health care plan.
 

My life as a joiner

January 30, 2012

Why should you join AAPA? Well, the author argues, membership and participation in your national professional organization is essential to preserve and promote the PA profession.
 

LGBT Health 2011

January 23, 2012

The author updates many of the resources mentioned in her previous blog posts about lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health.
 

Physician assistants—The first generation

January 17, 2012

The first PAs trained during the 1970s are now making retirement choices. Instead of dropping out of the medical workforce at 65, some are choosing to remain, though not necessarily maintaining the same activity level or doing the same kind of work.
 

First aid for your New Year's resolutions

January 13, 2012

Change must start with personal motivation. Motivational interviewing techniques aim to identify the level of personal interest in making a change and allow patients to set their own goals.
 

A health care reading list for the new year

January 10, 2012

The author shares her thoughts about books on health and health care that PAs might want to read in 2012.
 

Top 10 every year

January 03, 2012

At the end and/or beginning of each year there is the ever present "Year in Review" or "Top Ten Whatever for 2011!" There are even a few of these for medicine. I found a couple but I accept no responsibility for their accuracy.
 

Poetry in medicine: Chapter and verse

December 26, 2011

Dr. Rafael Campo, an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and an award-winning poet, says, "Poetry does a better job in teaching because it is about embracing the human aspect of suffering, not just knowing how many lymph nodes are positive and where the pain is on a 1-to-10 scale."
 

Social media reconsidered

December 19, 2011

After several conversations with my colleagues on the editorial board, I have started to reconsider my aversion to Twitter. Allegedly, there is a significant amount of succinct, useful information that may benefit me as a PA.
 

Shift work disorder: More than just poor sleep?

December 12, 2011

Preliminary data are beginning to suggest that shift work may have more negative effects on health than just disrupting sleep. PAs who do shift work may want to pay attention to where the research goes next.
 
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