Lifestyle Medicine: How to Help Your Patients Succeed
Lifestyle medicine is the practice of examining exercise, nutrition, stress, and sleep to prevent or modify illnesses. Two experts share what they’ve learned.
July 20, 2018
9 Tips to Pay Off Your PA School Loans
PA Courtney Smith was determined to pay off her student loans as soon as she could. Here, she shares nine tips for how she and her family managed to be debt free within three years.
July 20, 2018
International Rotations Expand Opportunities for PA Students
Blake Rogers elected to complete a month-long clinical rotation in Tanzania between his first and second year of PA school. There, he experienced firsthand the difference healthcare providers can make in international, rural communities.
July 20, 2018
PA Eager to Learn Primary Care Obesity Management Tools
Scott Kastning, PA-C, APP dyad leader from MidMichigan Health, is among the PA and NP participants in the Primary Care Obesity Management Certificate Program, a new collaborative learning community about obesity management.
July 18, 2018
Missouri PAs Celebrate Legislative Successes
Missouri PAs are celebrating the recent enactment of two important bills which will increase access for patients in need of psychiatric care and treatment for opioid use disorder (OUD), and reduce administrative barriers faced by PAs serving rural and underserved populations.
July 18, 2018
Barriers to Providing Care Improving, But More Work Remains
By 2030, the U.S. may face a shortage of 42,600 to 121,300 physicians, according to the 2018 projections established by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). Within their model, they found that general population growth coupled with the aging population accounts for most of the projected shortfall.
July 16, 2018
Right Time, Right Place: PA Saves a Life
If not for a PA who was in the right place at the right time during a May 20 Olympic Triathlon in southeastern Pennsylvania, a 51-year-old airline pilot would not be alive today.
July 13, 2018
How You Can Organize Licensure and Credentialing Information
PA Portfolio will help PAs securely store education, licensing, certification, and career records. All of your essential PA career documents can be accessed with just a few clicks from your desktop of smartphone.
July 13, 2018
Ortho PA Turns Soccer Passion into Profession
He is a smooth operator who thinks fast, remains composed under intense pressure and has a calming effect on those around him. That’s how most people describe PA Andy Hylton—both at his orthopedic clinic and on the professional soccer field.
July 11, 2018