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PA Brian Bizik shares what an average day looks like as he balances a practicing at an Federally Qualified Health Center in Idaho, overseeing urgent care clinics, and precepting for Idaho State University PA and NP programs. This November, he will be presenting at the world’s largest educational symposium on COPD, the GOLD International COPD Conference.

PAs Joe Ciavarro and Patti Cuartas, along with 18 PA students, traveled thousands of miles to provide care in Cusco, Peru. Over the course of five days, they transformed community spaces into temporary clinics, treating predominantly indigenous farming communities.

Today, AAPA and Juno, the student loan group negotiation platform, announced a new strategic partnership designed to help PA students and practicing physician associates navigate private student loan financing with greater confidence and collective leverage.

With Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s signing of HB 4309, Michigan has become the 29th member of the PA Licensure Compact, advancing a growing effort to expand and improve licensure portability for PAs.

Jill Nelson recently spent two weeks trekking to Everest Base Camp in Nepal with the Wilderness Medicine Society. There, Nelson visited EverestER, as well as nearly hospitals and clinics, to learn about common conditions in wilderness medicine and treatment techniques, as well as how clinicians provide quality care with limited resources in the region that is home to Mount Everest, the tallest mountain in the world.

On July 15, Governor Kelly Ayotte signed HB 1772 into law, entering New Hampshire into the PA Licensure Compact as the 28th state.

Missouri has officially joined the PA Licensure Compact, opening the door to multistate practice for the state’s more than 1,850 PAs!

PA Kirsten Brondstater was told she would never work in medicine because of her hearing impairment. This only fueled her resolve, and she has since become a PA and earned a Doctor of Medical Science degree. Now, she advocates for appropriate accommodations and inclusivity in medical settings and beyond for the Deaf and hard-of-hearing communities.