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AAPA membership connects you to the PA profession and a vast collection of exclusive resources, essential tools, and discounts on products and services you won’t find anywhere else.
PA JobSource
New This Year!
The 2019 report includes analysis from salaried PAs, plus those who receive an hourly wage, and PAs who are compensated based on productivity. Free to members!
Leadership Training
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PA Portfolio
PA Portfolio is a secure, online sharing and storage tool for important education, licensing and certification, and career records.
Featured Events
AAPA 2020
Where better than Nashville, a city of big breaks, to have your breakthrough moment? Join thousands of PAs and PA students at AAPA 2020 in Nashville to take stock of what you and your profession have achieved, set new goals in collaboration and care, and discover your next big PA moment. Whatever it is, find what sparks your next success. It only happens here.
- March 5 – 7, 2020
- Alexandria, VA
- June 3 – June 7, 2020
- Atlanta, GA
- September 12 – 16, 2020
- Phoenix, AZ
Latest News
Phyllis Peterson, MPAS, PA-C, Contributes to Clinical Support for Serious Mental Illness
As awareness of the need to support patients with serious mental illness (SMI) has increased, so has AAPA’s participation in initiatives to help address the issue. AAPA is represented on the advisory board of SMI Adviser, by Phyllis R. Peterson, MPAS, PA-C.
January 17, 2020
PAs Advance the Profession at the Federal Level in 2019
From their efforts to authorize PAs to receive direct payment under Medicare to ordering and certifying the need for home health and diabetic shoes under Medicare, PAs advocated to advance the profession in 2019 and have more work ahead in 2020.
January 17, 2020
Advocating for Health Equity: PA Focuses Work on HIV and LGBT Health
PA Tonia Poteat has always had a goal: to provide care to people living with HIV. Find out more about Poteat’s path to her current role at UNC Chapel Hill, and how she’s using her work to fight health disparities.
January 17, 2020
Learn About Best APP Models From These Employers
How do you recruit and retain the best PA talent at your workplace? Among those with excellent hiring potential are PA employers that have advanced practice provider (APP) structures formed to offer management and leadership opportunities for PAs and NPs.
January 16, 2020
