Join our hosts Joe and Kim as they interview three influential leaders in the Physician Associate/Assistant (PA) profession: Jim Cawley, Rick Dehn, and Rod Hooker. These guests have made significant contributions to PA education, research, and workforce development. Join us as we discuss the evolution of the profession since its early days in the 1970s and what has led to its success.

Learning Objectives

At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:

• Discuss the major changes in how PA practice in the US from the 1970s up to the present
  
• List the major areas of changes to state PA practice laws over the history of the profession
  
• Describe the factors that likely contributed to the shift starting in the late 1990s in which newly graduated PAs chose to enter medical specialties as opposed to primary care practice
  

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