Physician Assistant Career Resources

Safeguarding Our Communities: Get to Know Your Lifeguards

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Corinne T. Feldman, MMS, PA-C

Lifeguards — community members who care about people experiencing homelessness — are a critical piece of street medicine practice as well as the social fabric of communities.

NPs and PAs Featured on Best Health Care Jobs List

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Jeanelle Jacobs

The Best Health Care Jobs list shows the importance of health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Desmond Watt, MMS, PA-C, Discusses PA Mentorship and Professional Advocacy

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Kristin Della Volpe

Meet Desmond Watt, MMS, PA-C, who discusses mentors who helped pave his professional path, and the importance of advocacy to help advance the PA field.

Nursing Groups Concerned Over CDC’s Shortened Quarantine Guidance

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Kristin Della Volpe

Some health care workers who are fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19 do not need to quarantine following high-risk exposures, the CDC says.

COVID-19 and Moral Injury: a Mental Health Pandemic for Frontline Health Care Workers

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Catherine R. Judd, MS, PA-C, CAQ-Psy, DFAAPA

Intervention strategies for health care workers experiencing COVID-19-related moral injury include health promotion, resilience training, and ongoing multilevel support.

Bipartisan Bill Aims To Improve Access to PAs and NPs for Injured Federal Employees

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Kristin Della Volpe

Bill would authorize PAs, NPs to provide treatment to federal workers injured on the job.

Meet Opioid Treatment Expert Jim Anderson, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA

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Jeanelle Jacobs

Jim Anderson, MPAS, PA-C, DFAAPA, is an addiction medicine expert who works at Evergreen Treatment Services Opioid Treatment Program in Seattle.

PA Profile: Street Medicine Provider Corinne T. Feldman, MMS, PA-C

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Jeanelle Jacobs

Meet Corinne T. Feldman, MMS, PA-C, cofounder of KSOM OF USC Street Medicine, a program that provides health care to those experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

Salary Survey 2021: Are you being fairly compensated?

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Nikki Kean

See how your salary compares with those of your peers as reported in the 2021 NP/PA Salary Survey.

APP Clinical Advancement Program Increases Job Satisfaction

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Kristin Della Volpe

Researchers developed and evaluated an advanced practice clinical advancement pilot program for APRNs and PAs.

RAISE Act to Increase Pay Limitation on VA Nurse and PA Salaries

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Jeanelle Jacobs

The bipartisan VA Nurse and Physician Assistant RAISE Act aims to increase the pay limitation on nurse and physician assistant salaries.

PA Profile: US Navy Lieutenant Commander Leticia Banker, MPAS, PA-C, MEd

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Jeanelle Jacobs

Meet US Navy Lieutenant Commander Leticia Banker, MPAS, PA-C, MEd, who has been a practicing PA for 12 years and enlisted in the Navy for 11 years.

PA Profile: Emergency Medicine Expert Lamont Hunter, MPH, PA-C

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Kristin Della Volpe

Meet emergency medicine clinician Lamont Hunter, MPH, PA-C, who practices at a level 1 trauma center and is president of SEMPA.

Video Profile: AAPA President Jennifer M. Orozco, MMS, PA-C, DFAAPA

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Kristin Della Volpe

Video interview with Ms Orozco on her path to leadership, views on mentorship, AAPA presidency goals, and tips for new PA graduates and on avoiding burnout.

SEMPA Updates Emergency Medicine PA Practice Guidelines

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Kristin Della Volpe

SEMPA updates practice guidelines on continuing education, skill competency, and curriculum for postgraduate emergency medicine PA education programs.

PA Profile: Addiction Medicine Expert Debra R. Newman, PA-C, MSPAS, MPH

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Kristin Della Volpe

Debra R. Newman, PA-C, MSPAS, MPH, practices addiction medicine in the criminal justice system and is an educator on opioid use disorder management.

VA Pushes for New National Standards of Practice

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Jeanelle Jacobs

The standards would allow VA advanced practice practitioners to provide patient care to the full extent of their education, training, and experience regardless of state laws.

Legislative Update: Advocacy Work Pays Off for NPs and PAs

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Jeanelle Jacobs

AAPA and AANP advocate for new legislations that will not only benefit PAs and NPs, but also their patients.

PA Joins Community Members to Address Food Insecurity

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Dionne Ford

PA works with community members to build a community garden in a food desert to address food injustice.

Workplace Challenges Lead to PA Disengagement, Reduction of Work Hours

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Lauren Biscaldi

Researchers sought to determine if the interpersonal workplace environment is associated with PAs who feel more disengaged, who put in fewer work hours, who reduce work commitments, or who quit.