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Obesity is a chronic, progressive, and relapsing disease with a distinct pathophysiology that is increasingly prevalent in the United States. Primary care clinicians can reduce the burden of obesity and obesity-related complications by opportunistically diagnosing and initiating obesity management interventions for their patients. In this activity, recorded from National Association for Continuing Education’s 2024 Emerging Challenges and Clinical Updates in Primary Care, in collaboration with the American Academy of Physician Associates and The Obesity Society, Drs. Angela Golden and Robert F. Kushner, and PA Karli Burridge discuss the pathophysiology of obesity and its effects on cardiovascular, renal, and metabolic disease. They highlight explicit and implicit biases associated with obesity and describe strategies to minimize bias toward individuals affected by obesity to optimize clinical encounters. Finally, they provide an overview of a multi-component approach to obesity that includes lifestyle intervention, behavioral therapy, and pharmacologic treatment.

AAPA Conference on Demand 2024 offers 156+ credits of AAPA Category 1 CME from the world’s largest PA conference that you can access online anytime. This comprehensive digital library of video-based clinical and professional CME includes topics such as preventative medicine, career development, nutrition, pediatrics, emergency medicine, nephrology, and much more.

Globally, more than 40 million people are victims of human trafficking, exploited as a black-market commodity generating more than $150 billion annually. These people are forced to work in various industries, including domestic work and escort services. Though studies are limited, survivor interviews have indicated that most trafficked persons presented to a healthcare provider at some point during their captivity. This activity includes both a podcast and an interactive review article about how PAs can be prepared to handle the issue of human trafficking.

Join us as we welcome the newest JAAPA podcast team member, Joe Harrison. Kim and Martine discuss Joe’s background, interests, and why he joined the podcast. They also discuss their 'why of' medicine and “why PA”. Finally, they discuss and summarize an important article by PA Daniel Eisner on esophageal cancers from the April 2024 JAAPA issue.

Nursemaid’s Elbow: Radial Head Subluxation Injuries in Children | Dementia With Lewy Bodies: Primary Care PAs Can Make This Difficult Diagnosis

In this episode, PA Lindsay Nourse speaks with us about the challenges faced by breastfeeding mothers who are physician associates (PAs), highlighting the key findings. The podcast explores how these barriers affect breastfeeding duration and practices among PA mothers and discuss potential improvements in healthcare workplace policies to better support them.

Constructive feedback can be a valuable tool to help improve working relationships among colleagues. In this episode, Martine, Kim, and Joe, are discussing with PAs Alexandra Gallant and Laura Erdman, the results of a peer feedback platform that they were able to develop and initiate in their academic hospital system with their research team, aiming to improve collaboration between PAs, NPs, and physicians, and clinical practice.

Military personnel are subject to environmental toxic exposures that are very different from the general population and industry workers. It is important to ask patients about military service and assess for exposures that may be contributing to current health problems.

PAOS Ortho in the West 2024 Bundle offers up to 13.5 AAPA Category 1 CME credits and 5.0 AAPA Category 1 Self-Assessment CME credits including topics on common fractures, pediatric sport-related injuries, spinal emergencies, and more, all on demand. This is the perfect course for advanced knowledge on the diagnosis and management of many musculoskeletal conditions.

From common fractures, pediatric sports-related injuries, spinal emergencies, and more, all on demand. This is the perfect course for advanced knowledge on the diagnosis and management of many musculoskeletal conditions.