PA-led Telemedicine ACP Intervention
JAAPA Podcast
Why is advanced care planning so important, and how can PAs make a difference? Tune in to the latest JAAPA podcast episode with guest Christa Cooper to explore the innovative research she and her colleague Jessica Karl conducted on Telemedicine Advanced Care Planning led by Physician Associates. Discover how this approach enhances communication, reduces burdens on families, and ensures patient preferences are honored. Get the details and earn CME credit at !
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The Effect of Educational Debt on PA's Specialty Choice
JAAPA Podcast
Recently, a team of researchers at the NCCPA examined the impact of educational debt on PA specialty selection - tune in as we discuss their work as recently published in JAAPA. We know that the decision to specialize is nuanced, involving a PA’s individual goals, experiences in PA school, job availability for each physical location, compensation, and levels of debt accrued in training. Listen as Andrez Kozikowski, Alicia Quella, and Mirela Bruza-Augatis discuss this important topic.
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The role of PAs and NPs in Palliative Care
JAAPA Podcast
The American population is aging. In one century, life expectancy in the US rose from 47 to 78. In 2050, 20% of the U.S. population will be older than 65. With this in mind, we must identify ways to improve the quality of the final days of life. In this episode, we explore how the PA profession contributes to palliative care, focusing on symptom management, quality of life, and communication with JAAPA Authors Rebecca Jones and Natalie Mohammad. Additional resources mentioned during the podcast available here: Palliative Care for PAs: Physician...
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Conversation with Influential PA Leaders
JAAPA Podcast
Join our hosts Joe and Kim as they interview three influential leaders in the Physician Associate/Assistant (PA) profession: Jim Cawley, Rick Dehn, and Rod Hooker. These guests have made significant contributions to PA education, research, and workforce development. Join us as we discuss the evolution of the profession since its early days in the 1970s and what has led to its success.
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PA Week Discussion with the President of AAPA
JAAPA Podcast
HAPPY PA WEEK! To celebrate, AAPA President Jason Prevelige, DMSc, MBA, PA-C, DFAAPA shares with us strategies to leverage advocacy efforts in the PA profession. Our co-hosts also describe the current crisis in healthcare, and discuss the future of the PA profession in a team-based model, the future of modernized PA practice laws, and modern advocacy efforts that can help bridge that gap in PA practice laws. They highlight how PAs Go Beyond, and are specially equipped to be an advocate for modernized healthcare, and policy change, while reminding us of the essence of our...
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Career Flexibility
JAAPA Podcast
We know that many PAs switch specialties during their career; however, little is known about the PA and employer's experience. Tune in to hear what JAAPA authors, Eliana Ward-Lev, Clair Kuriakose, and Jay Navoa discovered through their research on this topic. To learn more, check out their publication “Career flexibility for PAs: What makes switching specialties successful?” from the May 2024 JAAPA issue. Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Their Instagram handle is .
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Meet Joe + Discuss the JAAPA article on Esophageal Cancers
JAAPA Podcast
Join us as we welcome the newest JAAPA podcast team member, Joe Harrison. Kim and Martine discuss Joe’s background, interests, and why he joined the podcast. They also discuss their “why” of medicine and “why PA”. Finally, they discuss and summarize an important article by PA Daniel Eisner on esophageal cancers from the April 2024 JAAPA issue. Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Their Instagram handle is .
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Peer Feedback: a tool to improve PA, NP, and physician collaboration and clinical practice.
JAAPA Podcast
Constructive feedback can be a valuable tool to help improve working relationships among colleagues. In this episode, Martine, Kim, and Joe are discussing with PAs Alexandra Gallant and Laura Erdman the results of a peer feedback platform that they were able to develop and initiate in their academic hospital system with their research team, aiming to improve collaboration between PAs, NPs, and physicians, and clinical practice. Thank you for listening! Resources: Learn more about OTP here:
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Exploring Workplace Barriers Faced by Breastfeeding PAs
JAAPA Podcast
In this episode, PA Lindsay Nourse speaks with us about the challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers who are physician associates (PAs), highlighting the key findings. The podcast explores how these barriers affect breastfeeding duration and practices among PA mothers and discuss potential improvements in healthcare workplace policies to better support them. See also this for the pump act from an AAPA caucus, PAs for Women Empowerment (PAWE).
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Human Trafficking
JAAPA Podcast
In this episode, PA Angela Meredith speaks with Clay, Kim, and Martine about how clinicians, particularly PAs, can be prepared to handle the issue of human trafficking. Learn valuable information you can use to help patients who may be at risk, important factors to consider implementing at your facility, and useful resources you can utilize today. Don't miss this valuable conversation. Guest: Angela Meredith, DMSc, PA-C Linkedin profile: Resources for everyone: National Human Trafficking Hotline - home base of 24-hour hotline: 888-3737-888. *This is...
info_outline Summary: We’ve all been asked to explain what a PA is, and then probably received the follow-up question of “do you need to go back to school? Or complete a residency or fellowship?” We all have our spiels ready. But the landscape as it pertains to PA fellowships is changing. For this episode, we were joined by Maura Polansky, Bart Gillum, Jon Messing, and Max Rooney as they discussed their recent JAAPA publication: “Describing the landscape of integrated clinical education programs for PAs and NPs.
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