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AAPA 2019: 9 Things Students Shouldn’t Miss

AAPA 2019 offers many exciting events and opportunities for student attendees. Check out these nine events, and get pumped for Denver! Still on the fence? Read what past attendees want to share with their fellow PA students.

April 10, 2019

Now ‘Half Her Size,’ PA Inspires Patients With Weight Loss Journey

PA Katrina Rigden has lost 178 pounds with the Jenny Craig Anywhere program, was featured in People magazine, and has inspired some of her patients to improve their health. Read her story and learn about AAPA’s obesity CME resources.

April 10, 2019

PAs Across America Celebrate First State With Key Components of Optimal Team Practice Following the Legislative Victory in North Dakota

Newly signed North Dakota legislation eliminates the requirement that a PA have an agreement with a specific physician in most settings for nearly all PAs in the state.

April 9, 2019

Dan Acevedo pointing at a patient's x-ray

A Week in the Life of a PA in Orthopaedics

Daniel Acevedo, a PA in orthopaedics at OrthoVirginia in Lynchburg, Virginia, sees a lot in a typical week: five to seven surgeries, hospital consultations, hip fracture clinics, post-op patients, outpatient procedures at an ambulatory surgery center, and more.

April 5, 2019

West Virginia PAs Achieve Significant Progress Toward OTP

New West Virginia law removes the requirement for PAs who work in hospitals to have agreements with specific physicians in order to practice. The law also removes physician responsibility for PA-provided care.

April 4, 2019

Lee in attendance of the three day MHFA instructor training

PA Student Juggles Academics and Mental Health Outreach

When the PA Foundation launched its Mental Health Outreach Fellowship in 2018, its inaugural cohort included only one PA student. Hwal Lee’s passion for mental health led him to coordinate outreach efforts while juggling his responsibilities as a student.

March 29, 2019

Julie Torres and Joe Torres next to a lake in the mountains

Changing Careers and Cross-State Commutes: Julie Torres’s PA Student Journey

Julie Torres started her career as an elementary school teacher in Colorado. She is now a second-year PA student in Oklahoma, cross-state commuting to see her husband and family for the duration of her PA program.

March 28, 2019

Q and A on PA Reimbursement for Medicare Hospice Services

Starting in January, PAs, like physicians and NPs, are permitted to provide, manage, and have hospice services reimbursed by Medicare. This enables PAs to establish and review a hospice patient’s plan of care. However, obstacles to PA practice under hospice remain.

March 27, 2019

Mentor Match: 5 Tips You Should Know

Have you ever wanted to ask a newly graduated PA what rotations were really like? Or a more seasoned PA at your practice how they negotiated their four-day work week? AAPA's Mentor Match is here to help.

March 26, 2019