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panreseries3 — The Practice Analysis Survey was conducted by developing a survey to rate knowledge and skills used in PA practice and the diseases and disorders that PAs encounter. Twelve focus groups of PAs working in both primary care and specialties served as experts to develop the content of the survey. The […]

New PA Recertification Model: The Data

11 Jan, 2016 in Posts tagged AAPA / cme / conference / medicine / nccpa / pa / PA-C / pance / panre / Patient / Patient Safety / physician assistant / physicianassistant / surgical PA by cmeforpa

panreseries2 — The 2014 Statistical Profile of Certified Physician Assistants showed that over 73% of certified PAs work outside of primary care. However, the PANRE continues to test examinees on a broad range of topics that often has little to do with an individual’s day-to-day practice. In fact, the NCCPA also admits […]

New PA Recertification Model: Why bother changing the PANRE?

7 Jan, 2016 in Posts tagged AAPA / cme / medicine / nccpa / pa / PA-C / pance / panre / physician assistant by cmeforpa

panreseries1 — Maybe you’ve been sending those NCCPA emails to your Spam inbox or just haven’t had time to read them. Let me bring you up to speed: In August 2014, the NCCPA Board made a decision to re-examine the PANRE and make that a focus of 2015. Throughout 2015, the NCCPA […]

New PA Recertification Model: What’s going on?

4 Jan, 2016 in Posts tagged AAPA / cme / cme conference / medicine / nccpa / pa / PA-C / pance / panre / physician assistant / physicianassistant by cmeforpa

CompReviewBook — A Comprehensive Review for the Certification and Recertification Examinations for Physician Assistants: In Collaboration with the AAPA and PAEA PROS Because it’s developed and endorsed by AAPA, it has a comprehensive list of topics to focus on Organized system by system Lots of *pearls* Many review questions that are accurate […]

PANCE/PANRE Review Book: A Comprehensive Review

26 Dec, 2015 in Review tagged AAPA / cme / cme conference / pa / PA-C / physician assistant / PI CME by cmeforpa

computer-984158_1280 — As I’m sure for most people, this was my first time completing a PI CME, so I found very little to compare it to on the web or even from my colleagues. Actually, most of my colleagues have still not even heard of PI CME requirements or the available options. […]

My PI CME Experience

19 Dec, 2015 in Posts tagged AAPA / cme / feature / Patient / Patient Safety / PI CME / safety by cmeforpa