AAPA 2018

Students who enter a preprofessional program directly after high school may be successful in PA school with structure, guidance, and mentorship.

There are inconsistencies between patient education and healthcare provider practices, which vary in each health maintenance factor.

The geriatric workforce shortage may provide PAs with opportunities to engage themselves in the specialty.

Patients with T2DM adhere better to self-management behaviors and may experience greater treatment satisfaction if they have increased collaboration and shared decision making with an advanced care provider.

Newly developed PA programs may be influenced by current APN programs of the same institution.

Members of the AAPA’s House of Delegates voted to investigate the feasibility of changing the physician assistant title, as well as collaborate on potential alternatives that better reflect modern PA practice.

In 2017, the AMA declared its opposition to autonomous PA regulatory boards and PA practice without physician supervision, but physicians’ opinions on OTP policy have been largely unknown.