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Want to be Recognized? 2019 AAPA Awards Open Now

Applications for AAPA Individual Awards and the lifetime Stead Award are open! Take time during the holidays to gather the materials you will need to apply or nominate someone.

December 26, 2018

Skis, Not Scrubs: PAs Serve Patients on the Slopes

Several PAs are working or volunteering for Colorado resorts’ ski patrols, clinics, or both. On ski patrols, PAs’ medical skills must be supplemented with an ability to traverse even the most challenging trails to reach skiers requiring assistance.

December 12, 2018

Street Medicine: PAs Deliver Healthcare to the Homeless

Healthcare delivery can take place practically anywhere, and a growing number of providers are taking it to the streets to help a largely underserved patient population – the homeless. Read about PAs in LA, Boston, and Ft. Worth working with homeless patients.

December 10, 2018

9 Reasons to Become a PA

If you need a list of reasons to become a PA, repeatedly voted one of the best (and most needed) healthcare professions in the future, we have you covered.

December 3, 2018

Take Time for Your Patients and Yourself

Jay Somers, MA, PA-C, DFAAPA, is an accomplished PA leader and owner of an outpatient psychiatric practice in Las Vegas. He recently sat down to host a Huddle Ask Me Session on mental health and answered questions about this important medical field.

November 29, 2018

PAs Critical to New Mexico Rural Health Clinics

PAs at El Centro Family Health in rural New Mexico are at the forefront of patient care and have enhanced ECFH’s ability to improve its organizational goals of service, access, and quality.

November 28, 2018