May 2003 Announcements

“Managing Self, Managing Others” Workshop Cancelled for Utah Site

The “Managing Self, Managing Others Workshop,” scheduled to be held from June 6-8 in Salt Lake City at the University of Utah PA Program, has been cancelled due to insufficient registration. The Arcadia University PA Program in Pennsylvania will hold the workshop, as planned, from June 27-29, 2003.

Programs Offering Master’s Completion Options for
Practicing PAs

In October 2002, APAP contacted member programs to obtain Web links to master’s completion options for practicing PAs We’ve received a number of Web addresses in response, as well as several program brochures describing existing options within the programs. We’ve also been the beneficiary of information on the completion programs collected by one of our member program directors, Jeff Nicholson, of the University of Wisconsin-Madison PA Program, that we will incorporate into our database.

If your program indicated — either last October, as part of the updating process for the PA Programs Directory, or by sending us brochures — that you offer a master’s completion option, APAP staff will be contacting you by e-mail. We’ll request information on the following categories to publish an overview of the programs:

• Tracks or specialties available
• Cost, including tuition, fees, and books
• Length of program
• Distance learning possibilities
• Contact information, including a Web site address to the program or track

Programs that offer a master’s completion option for practicing PAs, other than those included in the APPAP fellowships and residencies and outlined at www.appap.org, are invited to provide us with pertinent details. Contact Eileen Evans at eileen@aapa.org with this information or with questions. A final list will be accessible to practicing PAs on the APAP Web site and shared, as well, with the AAPA.

CASPA at the May Semiannual Meeting

Programs will be interested in the CASPA session scheduled for Thursday, May 22, from 3:00-5:00 p.m., “Year-end Data and Changes to This Year’s Cycle.” The CASPA Advisory Committee will present aggregate data on the applicant pool for 2003. New data available this year includes information on reapplicants, impact of deadlines and applicant behavior trends, and fee waiver recipients. Future plans for the CASPA service will also be presented.

Reminder: CME Credit to be Awarded for Participation in Select APAP Semiannual Meeting Sessions

While all of the workshops, roundtables, and pearls selected for the APAP Semiannual Meeting in New Orleans promise to be enlightening and well worth your time, please keep in mind when you decide upon sessions to attend that the following presentations have been awarded a maximum of eight hours of Professional Category I (Preapproved) CME credit by the AAPA. Each of the eight workshops listed below is approved for one hour of CME credit.

• PA Preparedness for Bioterrorism: Preparing Ourselves, Our Colleagues, and Our Students
• Palm Computing in Clinical Medical Education
• Creating Inclusion of Complementary and Alternative Medicine in the PA Curriculum
• Incorporating Medical Spanish in the Curriculum
• Economics of Physician Assistant Employment (roundtable)
• Integrating Diversity: Pearls and Perils
• Strategies for Adapting Preventive Breast Care for Women with Disabilities
• Enhancing Students’ Clinical Reasoning Through Awareness of Common Cognitive Errors

Click here to access the May meeting program.

APAP Update - May 2003