Inside Intel on PA Salaries
AAPA asked PAs around the country about their salaries, bonuses, benefits, and more. We dig into the numbers and unearth what they really mean to you.
September 18, 2019
Congratulations to the 2019-20 AAPA-PAEA Research Fellows
Year three of the AAPA-PAEA Research Fellowship is underway! Meet the 2019-20 fellows selected this year to research topics of critical importance to the PA profession: burnout and African American PA student success.
September 18, 2019
Giving Back and Lifelong Learning: A Distinguished Fellow’s Perspective
Heather Asher Prince, CCRP, MPA, PA-C, DFAAPA, works in clinical research and education at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was awarded the Distinguished Fellow distinction in 2018. Here, she shares her thoughts on community service and lifelong learning.
September 13, 2019
Mentors Matter: PAs Pay It Forward
Sara Rynders, PA-C, mentored Kim Ketchersid, now a practicing PA herself. Rynders and Ketchersid reflect on their mentor/mentee relationship, other mentors they’ve learned from, and how all PAs should try to “pay it forward” to the next generation of PAs.
September 11, 2019
Timing Key to Rapidly Recognizing and Reporting Acute Flaccid Myelitis Cases
Acute flaccid myelitis (AFM) causes limb weakness, mostly in children. Prompt symptom recognition, specimen collection, and reporting to CDC are all critical to improve understanding of this complex syndrome, including its risk factors, outcomes, possible treatments, and ways to prevent it.
September 11, 2019
What They Didn’t Tell Me in PA School: Five Months to Start Working
When Hillary Bennett graduated from PA school and landed her perfect job, she didn't expect to have to wait five months to start working. She got through the long delay by being patient and coming up with creative ways to earn money.
September 9, 2019
Maine Hospitalist Reflects on Life-Changing Decision to Become a PA
From serving in the United States Air Force to selling modular healthcare furniture, an unlikely path led Timothy M. Grace, PA-C, to become a PA. Grace is committed to ensuring that those in the profession advocate for modernizing PA practice.
September 5, 2019
PA Students: Engagement in AAPA is Vital
Cooper Couch, a third-year PA student and president of AAPA’s Student Academy Board of Directors, shares his personal story behind the decision to become a PA, and encourages his fellow students to get involved in advancing the PA profession.
September 5, 2019
A Day or Night in the Life of an Emergency Medicine Fellow
Stephen Lewia, PA-C, has spent the past few months as a Vituity Emergency Medicine PA Fellow at Arrowhead Medical Center in Colton, California. He shares his insights about the experience and about balancing life with being a new PA.
September 4, 2019