PA-C

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

medical-consultation-470501_1280 — In light of recent events in the world, I thought I’d take the time to post about keeping yourself and your patients safe in the workplace. The reality is that violence including terror attacks and mass shootings can occur anywhere and at any time in the world we live in […]

Safety in the workplace.

17 Dec, 2015 in Posts tagged doctor / feature / medicine / pa / PA-C / physician assistant / safety / workplace safety by cmeforpa

medications-257336_1280 — As providers, drug companies tend to be evil, power houses that are in the game only for the profit. An article by Jonathan D. Rockoff published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal, however, seems to show a “softer” side of the companies. Pfizer, Inc. was featured along with their new drug to treat certain […]

Drug Costs.

10 Dec, 2015 in Posts tagged drug costs / drugs / feature / medicine / pa / PA-C / pharmacy / physician assistant / prescribe / prescribing by cmeforpa