Mike Gumpert

PA Practices Mountain Medicine in Nepal

Outdoor enthusiast Mike Gumpert, PA-C, jumped at the chance to take a high-altitude medicine course during PA school. He describes his experience in Nepal and how he will continue to pursue career opportunities related to wilderness medicine.

January 21, 2020

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PAs Advance the Profession at the Federal Level in 2019

From their efforts to authorize PAs to receive direct payment under Medicare to ordering and certifying the need for home health and diabetic shoes under Medicare, PAs advocated to advance the profession in 2019 and have more work ahead in 2020.

January 17, 2020

Johnnie Gilpen in 1996 stationed in Tunisia

How a Helicopter Crew Chief and Bioterrorism Expert Ended Up a PA

Johnnie Gilpen, PA-C, had a long and varied career by the time he was accepted to the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center PA program in 2017. His unique career path led him to where he is today: an emergency medicine PA and an involved leader.

January 16, 2020

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Learn About Best APP Models From These Employers

How do you recruit and retain the best PA talent at your workplace? Among those with excellent hiring potential are PA employers that have advanced practice provider (APP) structures formed to offer management and leadership opportunities for PAs and NPs.

January 16, 2020

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CDC Outlines Recommendations for Providing Quality STD Clinical Services

As STD rates climb to unprecedented highs, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released a new report, Recommendations for Providing Quality Sexually Transmitted Diseases Clinical Services, to highlight the services healthcare settings can offer to provide the highest-quality STD care.

January 15, 2020

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6 Tips for Clinical Rotations

Congratulations – you’ve made it through anatomy and pharmacology and you’re ready to start clinical rotations. We know it can be intimidating, so we asked AAPA’s Student Academy Board of Directors to share their tips for making it through clinical rotations.

January 13, 2020

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