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Grow Your Hospital Career with FACHE Credential

For PAs interested in transitioning from clinical leader to executive within a hospital or healthcare organization, consider the American College of Healthcare Executives (ACHE) and Center for Healthcare Leadership and Management (CHLM) Leadership Institute.
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How PAs with High PQ Enhance Patient Care

Every PA knows continuing to develop your people skills is critical to having the kind of influence you want to have on your patients and healthcare team members. You need a high interpersonal intelligence quotient, or PQ.
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How to Stay Sane During the Job Search Process

The job search is an exciting process that can yield great insights into your PA career priorities and goals. While challenging at times, here are some suggestions for making your next job search effective, rewarding, and enjoyable.
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5 Membership Benefits You Shouldn’t Sleep On

AAPA has many tools and resources for PAs, and we want to make sure you’re taking full advantage of everything your membership has to offer. Here are five membership benefits that you can use today to move your career forward.
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First Army Officer Speaks at Latina Leadership Conference

First Army’s Maj. Kelly Guerra recently returned home to California to serve as a guest panelist at a Latina Leadership Conference at Concordia University-Irvine. Maj. Guerra shared her journey from college through becoming a commissioned officer.
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How to Be A Good PA Colleague

Every PA shows up to work ready to take the best care of their patients, and work towards the best patient outcomes. But each of us also contributes to our work environment. How we contribute defines us as a colleague.
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Breaking Down Walls to the PA Profession in Europe and the Mideast

For the first-ever Euro Physician Assistant Symposium, 76 PAs, physicians, medical administrators, and legal representatives came together in Berlin, Germany to break down barriers, extend PAs’ reach to the most rural populations, foster international relations between PAs all over the world, and more.
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PAs Help Close Gaps in Care Through House Calls

As an in-home healthcare provider, Sarah Kaplan, PA-C, is among a rapidly growing number of medical professionals who are revitalizing the once-common practice of bringing urgent and primary care services directly into the homes of their patients.