Articles
Fertility and Mental Health: The Potential for Provider Intervention
Certified PAs understand the physiologic and medical component to infertility and must address the co-occurring psychological component too.
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Videos
Hear from Kathy and Don Pedersen
Hear from the funders about how they envision the Kathy J. Pedersen Grant to Promote Equitable Care will improve health and enrich lives.
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Scholarly Articles
Developing a Curriculum on Transgender Health Care for Physician Assistant Students
Be the CHANGE Grant: B. Hart, et al. Developing a Curriculum on Transgender Health Care for PA Students. JPAE. March 2021; 32(1):48-53.
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Scholarly Articles
Longitudinal Integration of Oral Health Training into Physician Assistant Education
Oral Health Integration Grant: C. Sadowski, M. Aycock. JPAE. March 2021;32(1):28–32.
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Reports
Innovations in Oral Health and Primary Care Integration
Learn innovative ways to integrate oral health and primary care, which will increase access to dental care and improve health equity.
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Reports
Accreditation Standards for Physician Assistant Education
The principles of ethical practice are firmly embedded in PA educational curricula as required by the Standards.
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Podcasts
Mind Shift: Taking Whole-Person Care From Concept to Practice
Vital Minds features conversation with guest experts on mental health and other topics for the PA and healthcare provider audience.
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Articles
Decreasing Disparities & Increasing Access for Transgender Patients
PA student led a team at UT Southwestern to raise awareness of health disparities for transgender persons.
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Toolkits
Start an Oral Health Program for Older Adults
Find network, provider, and patient resources for addressing oral health in older adults.
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Organization Links
Center for Health Ethics: Provider-Patient Relationship
University of Missouri School of Medicine.
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Organization Links
Code of Medical Ethics: Patient-Physician Relationships
American Medical Association.
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Reports
PAEA Curriculum Survey and Reports
Find more information about how PA programs implement professional practice coursework.
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Reports
Competencies for the PA Profession
Adopted by the PA profession’s national organizations, the Competencies for the PA Profession describe seven competency domains that capture the breadth and complexity of modern PA practice, including professionalism and ethics.
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Toolkits
AAPA National Health Priority – Behavioral and Mental Health
As PAs diagnose and treat behavioral and mental health issues across all practice settings, supporting them is essential to curbing this crisis.
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Scholarly Articles
The Role of PAs in Providing Mental Health Care
This JAAPA article (2020) reports NCCPA practice analysis data that assesses the mental health conditions seen by PAs across practice settings.
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