New Research from AAPA
Did you know that the responses you provide to surveys is shared via research publications, News Central articles, and extended data briefs? Read the most recent here:
- News Central Explore Vast Array of Research in 2020 ePosters Online Gallery (August 13, 2020)
- News Central PAs and Social Determinants of Health: 4 Things to Know (June 30, 2020)
- Publication Physician Assistant Students’ Competency to Identify and Diagnose Autism Spectrum Disorder (May 22, 2020)
Salary Reports
The 2020 AAPA Salary Report is now available! In just a few clicks, the interactive 2020 AAPA Salary Report allows you to customize data tables to fit your unique employment situation. Quickly compare the most current PA salary data across specialties, geographic locations, work setting, years of experience, and more. The best part? You still have access to the complete collection of salary data from AAPA.
The AAPA Salary Report remains the most comprehensive PA salary resource on the market. No other report provides this level of detail about PA compensation including base salary, hourly wages, productivity pay, and bonuses.
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Learn more about how you would benefit from the AAPA Salary Reports through AAPA News Central Career publications!
- News Central Improve Negotiations with New Digital 2020 AAPA Salary Report (August 7, 2020)
- News Central 2020 AAPA Salary Report Shows Uptick in 2019 PA Salaries, Compensation (August 3, 2020)
Prior years’ reports can be found in the AAPA Shop. under Other Publications and Previous Additions.
AAPA Data Briefs
- COVID-19 and the PA Workforce
- PA Training and Skills to Work With Survivors of Sexual Violence
- PAs and Buprenorphine Waivers
- EHR Usage Among PAs
- A Glimpse into the Aging PA Workforce: A Report from the AAPA PA Practice Survey
- 2018 PA and NP Workplace Experiences National Summary Report
AAPA Research on News Central
You can now find all of the articles authored by Research or about research on News Central by viewing articles by topic!
AAPA Research Publications
- Physician Assistants in Ophthalmology: A National Survey
- Physician Assistants Employed by the Federal Government
- An updated National PA Research Agenda
- Improving health disparities in PA practices: A quality improvement initiative
- Towards Earlier Identification: Clinicians’ Perceptions of their Ability to Identify, Diagnose, and Refer Patients with Autism Spectrum Disorder
- PAs are a solution to the growing need for clinicians to treat an aging population
- Burnout and Job and Career Satisfaction in the Physician Assistant Profession: A Review of the Literature
- Burnout, job satisfaction, and stress levels of PAs
- Understanding the Role of Advanced Practice Providers in Oncology in the United States
- Physician assistants in urgent care
- Physician assistants in rural communities
- PAs in primary care: Current status and workforce implications
- Examining the Gap: Compensation Disparities between Male and Female Physician Assistants
- Poster session highlights PA research
Bibliography
- Physician Assistant Bibliography (through August 2017)
- Physician Assistant Annotated Bibliography (through 2014)
Projections
- Projected Number of People Eligible to Practice as PAs and the Number of PAs in Clinical Practice in 2007 through 2020 (PDF)
- Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook for Physician Assistants
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, 20014-2024 Employment Projections (PDF)
Funding
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Resources
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Archives
AAPA preserves the past Census Reports and National Survey Report. Our archives go as far back as the 1990s.
Selected Annotated Bibliography of the Physician Assistant Profession, 1993
- Cost effectiveness (pdf) – pg. 17
- Educational programs and curriculum (pdf) – pg. 25
- Productivity and task delegation (pdf) – pg. 229
- Author/agency index (pdf) – pg. 267
Addendum to the selected annotated bibliography of the physician assistant profession, 1993−1999
- Acceptance / collaboration with health professionals (pdf) – pg. 1
- Ethical issues (pdf) – pg. 13
- Job satisfaction (pdf) – pg. 15
- Licensure and certification (pdf) – pg. 21
- Minority pas (pdf) – pg. 31
- Patient acceptance (pdf) – pg. 37
- Productivity and task delegation (pdf) – pg. 75
- Protocols / algorithms (pdf) – pg. 77
- Quality of care (pdf) – pg. 79
- Reimbursement (pdf) – pg. 81
- Role identity (pdf) – pg. 83