PA Week Proclamations Surpass 2025 Numbers, Signaling Growing Support for the Profession

This PA Week (October 6-12), leaders from across the country took time to celebrate the more than 200,000 PAs who care for patients each day. In total, 26 governors, mayors, and other officials issued PA Week proclamations, a significant increase from the number of proclamations received in 2025, formally recognizing the PA profession and its contributions to healthcare.

October 21, 2026

AAPA Signs Joint Statement on Workplace Violence in Healthcare

AAPA is one of 10 healthcare organizations issuing a joint statement in honor of April being Workplace Violence Prevention Month. In the statement, the organizations affirm a commitment to raising awareness, taking action, and working as partners to protect the safety of all healthcare workers and patients.

April 16, 2026

AAPA Files Formal Comments Opposing Proposed Federal Student Loan Rule

The American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) has filed formal public comments with the U.S. Department of Education (ED) opposing its proposal to exclude PA programs from higher federal “professional” student loan limits and urging the Department to align the final rule with the statute by classifying PAs under the professional loan tier. 

February 26, 2026

What’s at Stake: Fighting for PA Access to Student Loans

Since the announcement of the Department of Education’s proposed cap on federal student loans, AAPA has received nearly 2,000 of stories from PAs, PA students, and pre-PAs describing how essential federal loans are to affording PA education and how the Department’s proposed rule would disrupt the PA workforce pipeline. This article is the second in a special AAPA News Central series, “What’s at Stake: Fighting for PA Access to Student Loans.”

February 20, 2026

Patient-Provider Trust is Key for Street Medicine PA Sam Halajian

PA Sam Halajian wasn’t focused on changing his life, as much as he was determined to impact the lives of others. Each week, he dedicates at least eight hours to delivering care to the growing number of people in the area experiencing homelessness.

May 31, 2023

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