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PAEA Educational Sessions and Meetings

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The following sessions are being held in the Philadelphia Convention Center.

Friday, May 25, 2007
7:30 a.m.-5:15 p.m. Basic Clinical Coordinators Workshop (registration required)
Room 307AB

Saturday, May 26, 2007
7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Basic Clinical Coordinators Workshop (registration required)

Sunday, May 27, 2007
10:00-11:00 a.m. Nominations and Awards Committee Open Meeting for Candidates
Room CR301 (Philadelphia Marriot Downtown)

2:00-4:00 p.m. PAEA Board Meeting
Room 307AB

4:00-5:00 p.m. APPAP/PAEA Roundtable
Room 307AB

Monday, May 28, 2007
11:00-11:50 a.m. PAEA Presentation of Student Awards
Room 108B

Workshops for Sunday, May 27, 2007

The following sessions have been selected by the PAEA Education Committee to be presented at the AAPA's 35th Annual PA Conference. All workshops, roundtables, panel presentations, and pearls are scheduled for Sunday, May 27, 8:00 a.m.-1:40 p.m., in the Philadelphia Convention Center.

*Indicates Category I CME Credit.

This program has been reviewed and is approved for a maximum of 1 hour of AAPA Category I (Preapproved) CME credit by the Physician Assistant Review Panel. Physician assistants should claim only the time actually spent participating in the CME activity.

8:00-9:00 a.m.  Workshop — Beyond the Buzzword: Developing Cultural Competence Through Problem-Based and Case-Based Learning
Room 108A
Mark Archambault, MHS, PA-C; Linda Allison, MD, MPH; Mary Springston, RPA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Define cultural competence
• Describe manageable cultural competence learning goals
• Discuss the pros and cons of using problem-based and/or
  case-based learning methods
• Identify barriers to developing problem-based and case-based   cultural competence learning materials
• Describe the successful models developed and implemented
  by the presenters and share examples with the audience

8:00-9:00 a.m.  Panel Presentation — The Year in Review: Examining the Medical Workforce Literature
Room 108B
Roderick Hooker, PhD, PA; James Cawley, MPH, PA

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Articulate some of the advances in the role of PAs in the United   States and other countries
• Discuss the merits of each paper presented
• Describe the principles and techniques of medical workforce
  research
• Direct students to a list of health workforce research for journal     clubs, research, and techniques used in medical labor
  research
• Describe the research methods commonly used to answer   research questions on employment of PAs in various health
  care organizations
• Articulate pertinent research questions about PAs that are   answerable through contemporary research methods

9:10-10:10 a.m.  Roundtable — When Students Struggle…
Room 108A
Gerry Gairola, PhD; Robert Hadley, PhD, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• List academic and behavioral problems that occur across   represented programs
• Identify and compare different approaches to helping students   meet academic and behavioral standards

9:10-10:10 a.m.  Workshop — PA Research Using Existing Data
Room 108B
Roderick Hooker, PhD, PA

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Describe the principles and techniques of secondary data   analysis and why it is used, along with its advantages and   disadvantages
• Access a list of health services research data sources —   including the National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, the   National Hospital Outpatient Medical Care Survey, Community     Tracking Survey, and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid   Studies Annual Medicare Recipient Survey — and discuss the   merits of each
• Describe the research methods commonly used in answering   research questions on employment of PAs in various health
  care organizations
• Articulate pertinent research questions that are answerable   through contemporary research methods using secondary   databases

10:20-11:20 a.m.  Workshop — Leadership Windows 2007: Which Frame Will You Claim?
Room 108A
Gary Bouchard, PhD, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Identify four different “frames” through which education leaders   may view their organizations
• Discuss the value of viewing problems through more than one   frame and of moving among different frames, as situations   warrant
• Determine which frame is the participant’s preferred point of
   view
• Use the four frames of leadership to explore problematic   scenarios in small groups

10:20-11:20 a.m.  Panel Presentation —*Preceptor Feedback: A Panel Discussion
Room 108B
Karen Hills, MS, PA-C; Holly Martin, MHS, PA-C; Elizabeth Rothschild, MMSc, PA-C; Valerie Schaffer, MHS, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Describe a model for providing useful preceptor feedback that   includes summaries of students’ site evaluations and patient   logging, as well as faculty site visits
• Discuss the various methods used to deliver feedback to busy   clinical preceptors
• Encourage clinical preceptors to describe how feedback is
  most useful to them
• Explain how collaboration between clinical preceptors and PA   program faculty can improve the quality of clinical rotations

11:30-11:45 a.m.  Pearl — Leadership: It Is Everybody's Responsibility
Room 108B
James Van Rhee, MS, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Define leadership
• Describe the characteristics of a good leader
• Describe the five practices of good leadership
• Describe how PA faculty can develop the skills needed for future   leadership roles

11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.  Roundtable — Utilizing Web-Based Technology for Testing PA Students
Room 108A
Joe Schwenkler, MD; Claire O'Connell, MPH, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Discuss how to implement and use Web-based technology for   testing PA students
• Discuss the pros and cons of Web-based testing
• Implement Web-based techniques to gather feedback from   surveys
• Understand how online testing software can be used to provide   study guides for students

11:55 a.m.-12:10 p.m.  Pearl — Incorporating and Assessing Professionalism in PA Education: One Program's Experience
Room 108B
Clare Kennedy, MPAS, PA-C; Stephane VanderMeulen, MPAS,
PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Define professionalism
• Describe the importance of instruction in professionalism and   evaluation in PA education
• Describe the importance of interprofessional education for   facilitating working relationships among the health care   disciplines
• Identify ways in which professionalism and the biopsychosocial   (BPS) model can be incorporated into the PA curriculum
• Discuss how to evaluate students by methods consistent with   professionalism

12:20-12:35 p.m. Pearl — Pedagogy or Andragogy: The Inner Child in the Adult PA Student
Room 108B
Gary Bouchard, PhD, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Contrast the adult learning theory of andragogy with more   traditional views of pedagogy
• Discuss how PA students may differ from other adult learners
• Use the information presented to deliver information in varying   ways to students with differing learning styles to maximize   achievement for all

12:40-1:40 p.m.  Roundtable — An Experiment in the Weekly Computer Testing of PA Students
Room 108A
Robert Hadley, PhD, PA-C; Bill Grimes, DMin, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Compare their own experiences to those of the University of   Kentucky regarding an alternative testing schedule
• Discuss pros and cons of weekly testing of PA students
• Compare faculty’s composite perceptions of weekly testing to
  our students' perceptions
• Relate actual student testing outcomes to student perceptions
  of their performance

12:45-1:00 p.m.  Pearl — Enhancing Clinical Rotations Using WebCT: What Are the Essential Ingredients?
Room 108B
Stephen McKenzie, MS, PA-C ; Joe Schwenkler, MD; Matthew McQuillan, MS, PA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Understand the basic functionality of WebCT: Web-based
  policies and procedures, mini-classes, chat rooms, surveys
  and quizzes, access to evidence-based medicine, and distance   learning
• Identify and discuss student needs on clinical rotations and   develop specific plans to address some of these needs using a   WebCT clinical rotation site
• Using the PA competencies as a starting point, identify and   discuss the critical skills, techniques, and activities that may be   accomplished or enhanced using the Web

1:10-1:25 p.m.  Pearl — Professionalism in PA Education
Room 108B
Barbara Poetzsch, PhD, RPA-C

At the conclusion of this session, participants will be able to
• Provide a brief history of the literature on professionalism in   medical education
• Discuss the importance of defining professionalism for PAs
  and PA students
• Provide an overview of the Delphi technique as a research   method and as a consensus building tool
• Present the 51 behaviors of professionalism identified by a   Delphi panel of PA educators

 

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