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PA Program Prioritizes Student Mental Health

Florida State University’s PA program takes mental health seriously. They offer a variety of free resources for students – a class psychologist, on-site counseling, wellness weeks, and more.

July 25, 2018

Timothy Capstack to Highlight Workforce Management of PAs and NPs

As Director of Clinical Integration at Adfinitas Health in Maryland, Timothy Capstack, MD, FACP, SFHM, manages the company’s 200-person PA and nurse practitioner (NP) workforce. Capstack will lead a session on workforce management at CHLM’s Executive Leadership Conference this November.

July 25, 2018

American Academy of PAs Announces 2018-2019 Board of Directors

The 2018-2019 AAPA Board of Directors began its leadership year on July 1. Jonathan E. Sobel, PA-C, MBA, DFAAPA, FAPACVS, of Rockville Centre, New York, will lead the organization as President and Chair of the Board of Directors.

July 25, 2018

Lifestyle Medicine: How to Help Your Patients Succeed

Lifestyle medicine is the practice of examining exercise, nutrition, stress, and sleep to prevent or modify illnesses. Two experts share what they’ve learned.

July 20, 2018

9 Tips to Pay Off Your PA School Loans

PA Courtney Smith was determined to pay off her student loans as soon as she could. Here, she shares nine tips for how she and her family managed to be debt free within three years.

July 20, 2018

International Rotations Expand Opportunities for PA Students

Blake Rogers elected to complete a month-long clinical rotation in Tanzania between his first and second year of PA school. There, he experienced firsthand the difference healthcare providers can make in international, rural communities.

July 20, 2018

PA Eager to Learn Primary Care Obesity Management Tools

Scott Kastning, PA-C, APP dyad leader from MidMichigan Health, is among the PA and NP participants in the Primary Care Obesity Management Certificate Program, a new collaborative learning community about obesity management.

July 18, 2018

Missouri PAs Celebrate Legislative Successes

Missouri PAs are celebrating the recent enactment of two important bills which will increase access for patients in need of psychiatric care and treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), and reduce administrative barriers faced by PAs serving rural and underserved populations.

July 18, 2018

Barriers to Providing Care Improving, But More Work Remains

By 2030, the U.S. may face a shortage of 42,600 to 121,300 physicians, according to the 2018 projections established by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Within their model, they found that general population growth coupled with the aging population accounts for most of the projected shortfall.

July 16, 2018