This drawer provides a set of tools to augment the Know Yourself drawer and A Guide to Core Leadership Skills drawer. This drawer includes a list of commonly used and reliable self-assessment tests and their internet addresses. We hope that using any (probably not all) of these tests will help you on your journey of personal and professional development.

Team Building Skills
Whether you're chair of the board of a multi-billion dollar company or president of your state PA chapter, team building is essential.

Abilities
This drawer introduces the abilities or characteristics that contribute to personal and professional development.

People Skills
This drawer provides an overview of the skills needed to have successful interpersonal relationships in our personal and professional lives.

Communication Skills
This drawer provides an overview of communication skill building, including a list of specific goals and objectives, followed by resources for further exploration.

Public Relations
This module is designed to take you through the basics of public relations, with a focus on media relations. It can also serve as a blueprint for public relations for any organization in which you participate.

Organizational Skills
This module introduces information to develop the skills to work effectively and efficiently in an organizational or business environment.

Business Knowledge
This drawer will introduce you to the knowledge and skills needed to develop a sense of comfort in the "Corporate World of Medicine."

Organizational Knowledge
This module introduces the importance of vision, mission, strategic plan, goals, objectives, values, principles, structure, history, and people within the context of an organization.

Organizational Budgeting
This module is designed to take you through the basics of the budget development process and can serve as a blueprint for the budget development process for any organization in which you participate.

Current Postings
Current postings roles, responsibilities and available leadership opportunities.

Leadership Identification Program
The Leadership Identification Program is designed to identify PAs who are interested in leadership positions within AAPA.

Constituent and Specialty Organizations
There are chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Guam, and in the Air Force, Army, Navy, Public Health Service, and Department of Veteran Affairs.

Medical Liaison Positions
The Academy appoints AAPA members to be representatives to a number of different medical, clinical, and political organizations.

Present/Proof a Paper
As a member of AAPA, you can be active without being part of the Academy's formal governing structure.

Becoming a Mentor
This module is designed to help constituent organization leaders mentor PA students in their local areas.

Last Revised1/8/08