Clinical Dialogue and eCase Challenge CME

Clinical Dialogues are video-based moderated discussions featuring leading experts providing the latest patient management guidelines. eCase Challenges are interactive text or or video-based cases where PAs are presented with challenging…

JAAPA CME Post-Tests

JAAPA CME post-tests are available in AAPA’s monthly clinical journal or online.

Urgent Care, a Fast Growing Specialty for PAs and Physicians

Urgent care medicine is the “provision of immediate medical service offering outpatient care for the treatment of acute and chronic illness and injury”. PAs in urgent care should have a vast array of clinical skills as well as the ability to quickly identify patients who require more intensive emergency medicine services. While urgent care providers may also be the first to diagnosis chronic diseases such as diabetes or asthma, they generally refer patients to a primary care provider for the management of these conditions.

PAs are Key to Ortho Urgent Care Model

PA John Mohnickey, a longtime entrepreneur, recognized the need and developed Prompt Ortho. This practice model has been adopted by more than 100 clinics across the United States.

20 things to know about urgent care

Did you know that PAs are part of the preferred staffing model for urgent care? Becker’s Hospital Review outlined 20 things to know about urgent care based on data found in the Urgent Care Association of America’s “2016 Benchmarking Report.”