PA Personal and Professional Development

Physician Assistants exercise leadership skills in all levels of their personal and professional lives - in their clinical practices, volunteer organizations, families, and community outreach. Recognizing this, the AAPA Leadership and Professional Development Council manages the PA Toolbox to provide you with the resources or tools that you need to enhance your development.

Where Do I Start?

How to Use the Toolbox

Master List of Modules

Get Involved

Self Assessment Drawer

The drawer begins with Self Assessment Tests  which provide a set of tools to augment the Know Yourself  and A Guide to Core Leadership Skills drawers. This drawer includes commonly used and reliable self-assessment tests. We hope that the self assessment module will help guide you on your journey of personal and professional development.

Specific Tracks
LAPD recognizes the value of having quick easy access to information for busy professionals. In an attempt to create a time saving tool, the LAPD has developed "tracks" focusing on important and specific leadership related issues. Click on the title of interest below to learn more about the specific track.

Become a Leader

Constituent Leaders
Educators

Students
Community/Clinical Leadership


Leadership Commitment


The AAPA, through the work of the Leadership and Professional Development Council (LAPD), is committed to developing leaders throughout the profession.

Developing a Culture of Leadership Excellence in the AAPA

The Leadership and Professional Development prepared a position paper to support a resolution to the House of Delegates. The resolution proposes a philosophy of leadership for the Academy, and explains the need for the resolution. The philosophy is based upon the following four principles:
  • Leadership is defined by knowledge, skills, and abilities, rather than by position or title.
  • The core competencies of leadership can be learned, and the learning is a life-long process.
  • PA leaders value diversity and practice inclusion.
  • PA leaders identify and mentor future PA leaders.


Click here This .PDF file must be viewed using Acrobat Readerto read more the LAPD's position paper and their commitment to developing a culture of leadership excellence in the AAPA.

Click here This .PDF file must be viewed using Acrobat Readerto read about SAAAPA's commitment to leadership excellence.

Issue Briefs on the Principles

Click here This .PDF file must be viewed using Acrobat Readerto read the LAPD's issue brief on the principle that PA leaders value diversity and practice inclusion.

Click here This .PDF file must be viewed using Acrobat Readerto read the LAPD's issue brief on how to identify future PA leaders.

Click here This .PDF file must be viewed using Acrobat Readerto read the LAPD's issue brief on how to mentor future PA leaders.


Work in Progress

The Toolbox is a work in progress. We plan to improve the Toolbox by expanding/revising current drawers and adding more drawers. We welcome your feedback. Please send comments to LAPD@aapa.org

Some tools found in the toolbox drawers are accessible to AAPA members only.  If you are interested in becoming an AAPA member, you can apply on-line.  If you would like to receive updates on current postings and how to get involved, click here.

 

 

Last Revised1/15/08