Please Join us this Tuesday May25th

for our PAHPM Annual Member Meeting!

Click the here for details!

This is a WIN for PAs caring for patients with complex pain and opioid use disorders.  Click here to read how it will improve access to buprenorphine prescribing for PAs and their patients, and also for additional resources in understanding buprenorphine's role in treating patients with serious illness.

PAHPM is proud to announce an exciting course designed and taught by PAs:

PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT CERTIFICATE IN PALLIATIVE AND SERIOUS ILLNESS CARE

The CSU Shiley Institute for Palliative Care is launching an online, 12-week instructor-led course that prepares physician assistants in any practice setting to deliver high-quality care that effectively supports patients with advanced illness and their families. 

Click on the link above for more information or here for a flyer to share with your colleagues!  If the upcoming course doesn’t work for your needs now, watch for future dates to be announced!

We need you!

Each member is important to this organization and contributes in their own special way.  Please consider stepping up and offering your talent, leadership, and knowledge in this field by nominating yourself or others to the the PAHPM Board. Below are brief descriptions of the positions open this year: President-Elect, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer.

Nominations Due May 1st--Visit our Election Page

Have Questions? Join us for a Q&A Session April 30th!

The Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness will hold a free public virtual webinar.

On February 16, 2021 as the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine’s Roundtable on Quality Care for People with Serious Illness hosts a discussion to explore best practices and lessons learned during the COVID-19 pandemic for caring for people with serious illness in the home setting.

Click here for more information and to register 

The AAPA Leadership and Advocacy Summit (LAS) is going virtual in 2021! Join your PA and student colleagues as AAPA offers its premier LAS virtually, kicking off Thursday evening, March 4, 2021 at 8 p.m. EST. 

Many of PAHPM's leadership and members have benefitted from this opportunity in years past and it comes highly recommended.  Given the virtual nature, more of us can be included, and it's an opportunity worth considering!

Click here to learn more about the the AAPA LAS and to register!

All of us have seen our lives transformed this past year.

If you are feeling burned out, and need guidance/tips on self-care and building resilience--whether it be your first time reaching out, or needing some support to boost your regular routine, there is help.

The California State University Shiley Institute for Palliative Care is providing it's self-paced Self-Care and Resilience course at no charge during the month of February. 

Click on the link to find out more--remember, supporting yourself is the first step to caring for others.

Congratulations Anna Deligio our first ever recipient of The Eva Dimitrov, MD Student Scholarship!

We had an incredible group of applicants this inaugural year and are excited about years to come!

Read more about Anna in the November 2020 issue of Pathways, our member newsletter!

THIS IS A TIMELY and TIME SENSITIVE SURVEY

THE DEADLINE IS: NOVEMBER 1, 2020.

Are you a PA working in outpatient palliative care? We want to hear from you!

We are working to gather data with the AAHPM. Specifically, Dr. Christian Sinclair, along with his team at Kansas University Medical Center, are performing a seminal educational needs assessment for the growing workforce in clinic-based palliative care. (KUMC IRB STUDY#00145164)

Please take 10-15 minutes to complete this brief Survey:    https://bit.ly/OutpatientPCLearning

We want to hear from you about what matters most in clinic-based palliative care. This is an opportunity to have our voice heard!

Here is the Overview:
In this survey, we seek your opinion on the importance of 20 palliative care domains in outpatient practice, and about your educational experiences related to those domains. 

For each palliative care knowledge area or skill, you will be asked to rate:

1. How important you think that [the specific] subject is to outpatient palliative care practice

2. How well your fellowship or on-the-job training prepared you on that subject, specific to outpatient palliative care 

3. How much education you need on that subject NOW as a practicing outpatient palliative care clinician. 

 

Kathy Kemle, MS, PA-C                                                         President, PAHPM  

Ryan Baldeo, MS, PAC                                                                President, PA SIG of AAHPM

For any questions, contact:

Nadya Dimitrov, PAC, DPM

Director, PAHPM

director@pahpm.org

Given the Presidential Debate and other events this week, we are moving the monthly meeting to NEXT Thursday, October 29th--6pm PST/9pm EST

For more info, watch for an email reminder and/or check out our Events Page!