Questions? Email us at [email protected]AAPA 2021 RESEARCH THEMES
We are looking for presentation proposals related to the following themes. Topics for consideration include, but are not limited to…
Foundations
Bringing together your profession’s unifying foundation, what are the tools you use to shape your future? What does leadership look like for PAs? How can you advance patient care through new clinical research? What are the practice barriers PAs still experience and how can they be broken down? What is the future of PA education?
Pandemic
Research in this area may address the role PAs play in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, changes to their well-being including burnout and employment; how did PA programs pivot to the rapidly changing educational environment and how did students handle the changes?
PA Value and Impact
Research in this area may address the role PAs play in providing quality healthcare, improve patient satisfaction, or increase access to care; it may also address public awareness or perceptions of PAs; PA utilization as it relates to the cost effectiveness, or medical liabilities, of healthcare.
Understanding the PA Workforce
Research in this area may address issues of diversity with the profession; PA specialization trends; the ability for PAs to have career flexibility; workforce projections; or how national and state practice barriers are impacting PAs.
PA Role and Practice
Research in this area may address the reach of the PA profession; PAs roles on, as well as the dynamics of, medical teams; innovations into the expanded roles of PAs; and how legislation and systems influence the way PAs practice.