JAAPA Podcast

Onboarding new graduate PAs and NPs has become a hot topic, especially given the provider shortages and financial shortfalls our healthcare system is experiencing. Onboarding is also an emerging area of research, and in this episode, we sit down with PA Nathalie Ortiz and NP Hilary Barnes to discuss what they have learned about the onboarding experience for PAs and NPs in primary care. Thanks for...

May is mental health awareness month. In this month's podcast we discuss alternatives to managing chronic depression, suicidal ideation and depression among PAs and PA students, and provider burnout.  We hope you enjoy, thanks for listening!  Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Our Instagram handle is @jaapaonline. Let us know your thoughts on the articles we reviewed in the comments section...

In this episode we sit down with Gerald Kayngo to discuss his article on how to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion in healthcare, and how to assess our progress! We thoroughly enjoyed this episode. We hope you do too! We appreciate your patience as we re-establish our upload schedule. Thanks for listening! Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Our Instagram handle is @jaapaonline. Let us...

Hello everyone! In honor of PA week, we have a BONUS episode for October. In this episode we discussed the efforts being made to expand PAs scope of practice in Puerto Rico, with our special guests, Kimberly Weikel MPAS, PA-C, Laura Juarez MPAS, MPH, PA-C, and Charity Irizarry, MCMSc, PA-C.  Here are the resources mentioned in this episode: AAMPR Website:  https://aampr.mypanetwork.com AAMPR Email...

HAPPY PA WEEK! To celebrate, AAPA President Jennifer Orozco, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA and our co-hosts describe the current crisis in healthcare created by a provider shortage, provider burnout, an aging population, and increasing prevalence of chronic diseases and how PAs are specially equipped to be a part of the solution. We then close with the journey of Ethan Klausmeyer, MMSc, PA-C, who reminds us...

For this month's podcast, our new podcast co-hosts and I discuss DOAC use for patients with AFib and valvular heart disease, provide updated information on continuous glucose monitors, and review job attributes that will attract health care providers to rural, medically underserved areas. Also, listen to get to know our new hosts, Martine Aliteri and Kim Ketchersid! Stay tuned, we have something b...

For this month we'll be hopping on a time machine- as we reflect on the PA profession in the past, and also look at how we can improve the profession in the future, as we take a look at the PA profession in the 1990s and how we can address structural racism to diversify the field. Thanks for listening! Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Their Instagram handle is @jaapaonline. Let us know you...

We're in Indianapolis baby!! In this episode we're recording from the annual AAPA 2022 Conference! We're reviewing articles on why article submissions are unsuccessful for publication to JAAPA, with JAAPA editor-in-chief Rick Dehn, MPA, PA-C and clinical editor Harrison Reed, MMSc, PA-C. Also, we have a student takeover during the AAPA Medical Challenge bowl, hearing what current PA students have...

In this podcast we reviewed a CME article on Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) and circled our discussion around two articles from JAAPA's new article series: Global Insights. Global Insights will highlight the PA profession on a global aspect. Thank you to our guests Dr. Adrian Banning, DHSc, MMS, PA-C and Professor Juanita Gardner, MPH, PA-C. You can contact Dr. Banning at: asb35@drexel...

In this podcast we review CME articles on managing patients with psoriasis vulgaris and addressing barriers to cervical cancer screening among immigrant populations. Additionally, we discussed financial literacy among practicing PAs with Kristin Burton, founder of Strive Coaching, LLC. Thanks for listening! If you would like to know more about Strive Coaching, LLC, you can contact Kristin at: www....

In this podcast we review CME articles on Body focused repetitive behaviors and Skin cancer in immunosuppressed patients. As well as articles on patient interaction with online health information and Treating Hypertension in Black patients. Thank you! Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Let us know your thoughts on the articles we reviewed in the comments section for January's posts! JAAPA In...

In this podcast we review CME articles on Diagnosing and managing acute abdominal pain in children and Balloon pulmonary angioplasty for thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension. Our thoughts go out to our fellow PAs battling the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. Thank you. Be sure to follow JAAPA on social media! Let us know your thoughts on the articles we reviewed in the comments section for J...

Hello everyone! Welcome back! We hope you enjoy this bonus episode! In this episode we review some of the poster abstracts from December's edition. Though this episode is brief, it's still packed with fun! Happy Holidays! – Brandon & Lena  JAAPA Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/jaapaonline/ Thanks for listening!  

Happy Holidays! In this podcast we review CME articles on Adhesive Capsulitis and Resistant Hypertension. We also discuss articles on re-evaluation of race in the GFR calculation, as well as a case of metabolic acidosis induced by a ketogenic diet. As the year comes to a close, and we take a moment for reflection and gratitude, we would like to thank YOU, our listeners, for your continued support....

Hello everyone! For this month's podcast we review CME articles on management for patients who have experienced trauma and colorectal screening guidelines. We also discuss articles on Breast mastitis and abscess and the economics of being a PA, written by our beloved editor-in-chief, Richard Dehn. We hope you enjoy; and stay tuned for next month as we have a special treat for our listeners! By the...

Happy PA week and Hispanic Heritage month! For this month's podcast we review CME articles on HCOM and PCOS; and discuss articles on PA doctoral degree curriculum and provider empathy. We hope you enjoy! By the way... are you following JAAPA on social media? Our Instagram handle is @jaapaonline. Let us know your thoughts on the articles we reviewed in the comments section under October's posts. JA...

In this month's podcast my co-host, Brandon Cherry, PA-C and I had the pleasure of interviewing our former classmate and author of this month's CME article, ICU survivorship: What PAs need to know, Nicolette LaRosa, MHS, PA-C. We also had a quick refresher on cervical cancer screening as we reviewed the CME article, Cervical cancer screening guidelines: An update. Enjoy!! Here is the article our g...

In this podcast my co-host, Brandon Cherry, PA-C and I review CME articles from August's JAAPA edition on managing Hymenoptera venom allergy and navigating the challenges of diagnosing bipolar disorder in youth. We also discuss articles on modernizing the PA workforce and utilizing APCs to their full scope of practice, as well as challenges during and after the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on...

In this podcast, myself, Lena Ward, PA-C and my co-host, Brandon Cherry, PA-C review CME articles from July's JAAPA edition on the Preoperative Assessment for Non-cardiac Surgery and Narcolepsy. While from June's edition we will be reviewing articles on unconscious bias and how it leads to racial inequities in medicine, as well as creating diversity within the PA programs during the admissions pro...

In this month's JAAPA Podcast, myself, Lena Ward, PA-C and my cohost, Brandon Cherry, review CME articles on managing Rheumatoid Arthritis and high-risk breast lesions. We then go over a case report on paraesophageal hernia in a pediatric patient; and to round things out we have an interesting discussion as we discuss the relationship between midlevel providers and residents. Hope you enjoy!

In the April 2021 episode of the JAAPA Podcast, co-hosts Lena Ward, PA-C and Brandon Cherry, PA-C break down CME articles on optimizing the management of inpatient cardiac arrest and on Huntington disease. Then, they give us a quick review of gestational trophoblastic disease and discuss an editorial focused on the role of PAs in public health immunization efforts. 

In the March 2021 episode of the JAAPA Podcast, co-hosts Lena Ward, PA-C and Brandon Cherry, PA-C review CME articles on tuberous sclerosis complex and on early pregnancy loss. Our co-hosts also discuss new research on the gender wage gap in the PA profession and reflect on JAAPA's latest Art of Medicine essay.

In the February 2021 episode of the JAAPA Podcast, we welcome our new co-hosts Lena Ward, PA-C and Brandon Cherry, PA-C. Lena and Brandon review CME articles on probiotics for bacterial vaginosis and on gastroesophageal reflux disease in children. They also tackle a quick review of ectopic pregnancy and discuss a special article on treating obesity as a chronic condition. Please give a warm welcom...

We bid a fond and grateful farewell to the founding co-hosts of the JAAPA Podcast, Kristopher Maday and Adrian Banning. Thank you for all that you brought to the podcast and we wish you the best of luck in all of your future endeavors. Topics include TV pitch meetings, talking animals, and, of course, fluffer nutter.

In the December 2020 episode of the JAAPA Podcast, co-hosts Kris Maday, PA-C and Adrian Banning, PA-C discuss CME articles covering inherited cancer susceptibility syndromes and reviewing cleft lip and palate. They also explore a case of mucormycosis in an immunocompromised patient and give a quick review of cervical cancer. Plus, this is the last episode with Adrian and Kris as our JAAPA Podcast...