MAPA Podcast

Have you served as a preceptor to PA students? Or have you been thinking of trying out precepting? We all needed supportive preceptors to mentor us during PA school. In this episode, Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C hosts Cindy Goetz, Ed. D., PA-C, and Katie Sorensen, MSPAS, PA-C, as they share the benefits of precepting, the few perceived cons of precepting, and how you can make a difference for futu...

PA Day on the Hill 2024 is just around the corner on February 21st, 2024! Listen to learn what topics are on the agenda for this day of advocacy, and learn how you can support yourself and other Minnesota PAs by sharing about our profession that day. We hope to see many of you there!   Learn more about PA Day on the Hill and register online here . Do you have questions about MAPA's legislativ...

Are you a practicing PA or PA student and interested in a Doctorate Degree? Listen to this informative podcast where our expert panel discusses the Doctor of Medical Science Degree and other Doctoral Degrees and how it might benefit your career as PA!  Bios:  Hayden Middleton, DMSc, PA-C Hayden Middleton is a primary care PA, clinical researcher, and assistant professor of family medicine at Mayo...

Show notes: MAPA recently passed out awards to these three inspiring Minnesota PAs! Join us in celebrating their hard work and advocacy for our profession.   Guests:   Advocacy Award: Becky Ness, MPAS, PA-C Nephrology  Mayo Clinic Health System  Instructor of Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science mapa.advocate@gmail.com   Preceptor of the Year Award:  Steven Palmer, MPAS, PA-C Emer...

In this episode we hear about the beginnings of the PA profession in Minnesota and what led to the formation of MAPA. Guests: Mark Helgeson is a 1976 graduate of the St Cloud State PA Program. He practiced for 39 years in central Minnesota and is a past owner of the Parkers Prairie Medical Clinic.  He is a past member of the PA Advisory Council and a previous malpractice case reviewer for MMIC and...

Listen for an update from MAPA's Legislative Committee members about the recently passed legislative changes that occurred over the past few years, including the PA Modernization Act and the PA Harmonization Act. You'll also hear what the Legislative Committee is currently working on in regards to the PA Compact as well as PAs working in mental health. Learn what you can do to advocate f...

PAs have several qualities that make them excellent leaders. In fact, if you're a PA, you're already a leader for your patients, the medical staff, and the admin staff that you work with. Meghan and Aaron are PAs who lead hundreds of APPs within their healthcare organizations. In this episode, we discuss how they got to where they are and what recommendations they would have for any of y...

Show Notes: Take a listen to this MAPA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Podcast as we discuss what it means to be an ally vs. accomplice vs. co-conspirator. This conversation is the first step in discussing how we as PAs, NPs, and healthcare workers in Minnesota and beyond can leverage our power to breakdown systemic racism and other healthcare disparities.  Hosts: Elise Haupt, MPH, PA-C & Hay...

Take a listen to learn how you can become more involved with MAPA as a current or future Minnesota PA.  Host: Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C  Guest: Josh Loew, MPAS, PA- 

MAPA Pride Listening Session with LGBTQA PAs A panel discussion of PAs who work in LGBTQ medicine and/or identify as LGBTQA. Recorded live on June 21, 2022. Moderated by George Froehle PA-C, AAHIVS (Hennepin County Medical Center), LGBTQ Primary Care, Gender Medicine, HIV medicine Panelists Hayden Middleton PA-C (Mayo Clinic), Primary Care Clinton Billhorn PA-C (Health Partners), Hospitalist Justi...

Take a listen to learn interesting details about the history, benefits, and challenges of telemedicine.   Host: Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C (Psychiatry through Minnesota Clinic for Health and Wellness)  Guest: Nicole Cole, MSPA, PA-C (Psychiatry through Nystrom & Associates, Ltd.) 

Audio version of the January & February 2023 issue of imPAct. https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

Panel interview and discussion about increasing diversity in PA education from a student and faculty standpoint.   Moderators:  Elise Haupt, PA-C, Regions Hospital, MAPA DE&I Committee Chair Sumaya Noor, Second-year PA Student at St. Catherine University, MAPA DE&I Committee volunteer  Panelists: Jasmine Cofield, PA-C, Executive Director and Founder of Physician Assistants of Color; Primar...

Audio version of the November & December 2022 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

Panel interview with rural medicine PAs in celebration of National Rural Health Day. Moderator:  Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C, telepsychiatry PA, MAPA Social Media and Marketing Committee volunteer, and host of the PA the FI Way podcast. Panelists: Alexis White, PA-C, Essential Health Elder Care, Virginia, MN Brenda Bullerman, PA-C, Hendricks Community Hospital Association, Hendricks, MN

Audio version of the September & October 2022 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

Panel discussion reflecting on the 25th Anniversary of the Augsburg PA Program. Moderator: Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C, telepsychiatry PA, MAPA Social Media and Marketing Committee volunteer, and host of the PA the FI Way podcast. Panelists: Lisa Howe, PA-C, MPAS, MLIS, Bluestone Physician Services, Stillwater, MN Mark Zellmer, PhD, PA-C, Gundersen TriCounty Hospital, Whitehall, WI Robert H. Carl...

Audio version of the July & August 2022 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

MAPA Pride Listening Session with LGBTQA PAs A panel discussion of PAs who work in LGBTQ medicine and/or identify as LGBTQA. Recorded live on June 21, 2022. Moderated by George Froehle PA-C, AAHIVS (Hennepin County Medical Center), LGBTQ Primary Care, Gender Medicine, HIV medicine Panelists Hayden Middleton PA-C (Mayo Clinic), Primary Care Clinton Billhorn PA-C (Health Partners), Hospitalist Justi...

Audio version of the May & June 2022 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

Retired PA Bev Kimball, better known to many as "Mama MAPA," shares her story of becoming a PA and getting involved with MAPA; as well as discusses the history (and future) of MAPA and the PA profession in Minnesota.

Audio version of the March & April issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

Audio version of the January & February 2022 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/impact

Audio version of the November & December 2021 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/impact