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New Research on Challenges PA Students Experience from Application Through Completion

New research explores PA student challenges. In the first study, we explored the barriers PA students from diverse backgrounds experience when applying to PA school. In a second study, we looked at PA student burnout prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.

December 2, 2022

What Barriers Stand Between PAs and Rural Settings, MUAs, and HPSAs?

Across the United States, there is a significant shortage of healthcare providers in rural communities. To identify PAs’ and PA students’ willingness to work in rural locations, medically underserved areas, and health professional shortage areas, we gathered information on these settings in the 2021 PA Practice Survey and the 2022 AAPA Student Survey.

October 12, 2022

Five Things You Might Not Know About PAs in Leadership

Almost 30% of PAs who responded to the 2022 AAPA Salary Survey served in an informal or formal leadership role within their workplace. To learn more about these PAs, we gathered information on key areas of difference.

August 12, 2022

Expert Insights on Barriers to Clinician Well-Being

During AAPA 2022 in Indianapolis, thought leaders across clinical professions came together for a day of learning and discussing best practices to improve the well-being of clinicians throughout their careers.

July 15, 2022

The Top 10 Highest Paying Specialties in the PA Profession in 2021

The PA profession includes clinicians who work in more than 60 specialties, ranging from family medicine and urgent care to transplant surgery and dermatology. In 2021, cardiovascular/Cardiothoracic surgery was the highest-paying PA specialty.

June 8, 2022

2022 Publishing Award Recipient Uncovers Reasons PAs Leave Their Jobs

Harrison Reed, PA-C, is the recipient of the Publishing Award as the lead author of the paper, “Reasons PAs leave their jobs,” using AAPA survey data and published in the Journal of the American Academy of PAs.

May 18, 2022

A Research Community Built for Diverse Discoveries

The cornerstone of the National Institutes of Health’s All of Us Research Program is building a large group of participants who reflect the diversity of the country – and a diverse community of researchers. Through the program, PAs can access a robust data set and other research tools.

March 11, 2022

New Data: PA Students Have Diverse Backgrounds, Life Experiences

In 2021, AAPA moved beyond asking students just about their gender, race, and ethnicity. The AAPA Student Survey included questions about PA students’ backgrounds to gain insights into the diversity of life experiences among new PAs joining the workforce.

January 21, 2022

Study Examines Impact of Depression on PA Professional Fulfillment

A new study in JAAPA examines the relationship between depression, anxiety, and professional fulfillment in PAs. Pre-COVID, 6% of PAs met the criteria for depression and 13% for moderate to severe anxiety. One in three PAs reported levels of burnout.

September 27, 2021

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