Join NCAPA for CME at the beach! No one does it better! Sessions start early and they end early so you can get out there and enjoy Myrtle Beach! Even better, the general sessions of the NCAPA 41st Annual Summer Conference will be broadcast to the entire Kingston Plantation via closed circuit TV so you […]
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As many of you know, the NCCPA and AAPA have been in a dialogue for the last year or so over changing PA Certification maintenance requirements, including CME changes. This would affect both the PANRE and the type and quantity of annual CME credits. So what happened? PI and […]
CME Changes: What Happened?
So the PANRE debate is officially on. The NCCPA sent out an email blast to all Physician Assistants in their database during the week of February 8th, as promised. The email came from NCCPA President/CEO Dawn Morton-Rias, and requested feedback from every PA. The email asks PAs to complete a […]
The PANRE debate
1 The new model proposes the following: Core medical knowledge be assessed during every 10-year certification maintenance cycle. This would occur using periodic, at-home, open book, untimed exams that cover content across a broad range of body systems, task, and skill areas. There would be opportunities for remediation through CME for […]
New PA Recertification Model: PANRE 2.0
1 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
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 […]