The Cost of Not Being a Member
When you join AAPA for just $295, the savings start immediately. In your first month of membership, you might sharpen your clinical knowledge with your FREE annual JAAPA subscription ($146 for nonmembers). The next month, you might check out the latest PA salaries in the FREE 2017 AAPA Salary Report ($200 for nonmembers). In your first two months of membership, you’ve saved nearly $350 – more than your annual dues.
Just think how much you could save over the course of a year. Don’t wait any longer!
These PAs Lead by Example
Is your career an inspiration to your fellow PAs? AAPA Distinguished Fellows advance the profession every day by serving as examples of above-and-beyond service, visionary leadership, medical excellence, and professional advocacy. See if you’re ready to join them.
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It’s a city that knows how to indulge, and you’ll fit right in if you win this luxury package worth more than $1,400! We’re talking two nights at the Ritz and more than $900 to spend dining, shopping and enjoying the Crescent City. Register and book your room in the official AAPA hotel block before December 31 for your chance to win.
Support Equal Pay for Female PAs
Female PAs are paid 93 cents for every $1.00 that male PAs are paid, on average, according to 2017 AAPA Salary Report. In effect, this disparity means that on December 4, 2017, female PAs start working for free for the rest of the year. Learn the facts about Wage PArity Day and join us in raising awareness on this issue. Together, we can close the gap!
The Factors Affecting Your Pay
Is there still a pay gap between female and male PAs? Could practice barriers in your state affect your paycheck? Get trusted analysis of these questions – and much more – in the new 2017 AAPA Salary Report in Career Central. Find the information you need quickly with easy-to-read tables on base salary, base hourly wages and bonus by region, specialty, employer type and setting – all broken out by years of experience. Last year, the report was downloaded more than 15,000 times – get your copy today!
New Issue of JAAPA Available
Insomnia affects millions of people across the United States. The November issue reviews a nonpharmacologic approach to managing insomnia in primary care.
Article is accredited for CME.
Advocacy
Get the Latest on Optimal Team Practice
Learn more about AAPA’s new policy intended to enhance the ability of PAs to meet the needs of patients and better align the profession to a changing healthcare marketplace.
PRESS RELEASE
AAPA Releases 2017 Salary Report
AAPA has released its 2017 Salary Report, the only PA salary resource that provides detailed information about base salary, base hourly wage, bonus, and benefits. One of the significant findings in this year’s report is that PA base salaries are higher in states that have eliminated one of two key barriers to PA practice.
News Central
PA LTC Jones Practices Protective Medicine at the White House
U.S. Army Lieutenant Colonel James Jones, PA, has experienced several dramatic medical moments in his near-decade at the White House. He has also visited 72 countries and every U.S. state in his job, which entails caring for the president, vice president, Cabinet secretaries, key White House personnel, some of their families and tourists visiting the building.
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Career Central
Find your perfect PA job. Personalize your career path, get expert advice on career transitions, and find free tools like the AAPA Salary Report.
Advocacy News
2017: A great year for PA-positive legislation in Virginia
Virginia’s 2017 legislative session made significant strides for PAs in the state. Specifically, Senate Bill 1062/House Bill 1910 which will become effective on July 1, 2017. The new law adds PAs to the definition of “mental health service providers” who have a duty to act when a patient threatens violence or serious harm to a third party.
News Central
The Art of Speaking at the HOD
During AAPA Conference 2017 in Las Vegas, Stephen Lewia, PA-S, was surprised to learn that not only were students’ voices welcome at the House of Delegates, but they were encouraged as providing a valuable perspective.
News Central
No difference in care between PAs, NPs, physicians in community health centers
A first-of-its-kind study examining patient health outcomes in community health centers found that PAs and nurse practitioners delivered similar quality of care, services, and referrals as those made by physicians. Recently published in the journal Medical Care, the study could have implications for the structure of community health centers in the future.
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Just how far does your PA buck go?
PA salaries that appear to be lower in some states — such as South Dakota, Mississippi, and Ohio — actually have greater purchasing power when cost of living is taken into account. How much bang are you really getting for your buck?
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