natl assoc. of pa's...about time....

[smrtmom1]

I am in! I signed up and paid my student fee the other day..I was #8! I am very excited about being in this group. I hope to hear from ya'll soon with instructions on how I can help. I am working with True Anomaly in our program also to spread the word!

GO NAPA...BTW, I tried to google NAPA, and it only gave me AAPA...someday you may want to get that fixed...

[icthus13]

Well, I just joined up! #9, and third from Florida!

absolutely you may join. We're glad to have you. Just click the student donation button. I hope you'll spread the word. Don't hesitate to leave messages or post questions on this forum. Steve and I check almost daily.
Brian Sady PA-C
President/Founder
National Association of Physician Assistants

[Noreaster]

GO NAPA...BTW, I tried to google NAPA, and it only gave me AAPA...someday you may want to get that fixed...

I googled it and put it in quotes, which always narrows the search and found a link... check it out!

ADVANCE for Physician Assistants | Editorial

[smrtmom1]

I will try that! Thx

[EMEDPA]

Ladies- what's up? 2/3 of the new members over at napa are guys....

[True Anomaly]

Feeling stifled, E?

[bsady]

I am in! I signed up and paid my student fee the other day..I was #8! I am very excited about being in this group. I hope to hear from ya'll soon with instructions on how I can help. I am working with True Anomaly in our program also to spread the word!

GO NAPA...BTW, I tried to google NAPA, and it only gave me AAPA...someday you may want to get that fixed...

Here's the issue with google.
You have to have a lot of traffic going to your site in order to move you up in the search. The only other way is if you pay a company $4000-5000 per month to move you up in the search. We'll work on the issue as we go along. But thanks for your support.

[andersenpa]

I finally registered, but see no access to a members page- what gives?

[PACPhD]

I finally registered, but see no access to a members page- what gives?

So sorry for your disappointment with not having access to a members only page. This is a monumental task Brian and I are taking on and I don't know how many of you have had the opportunity to atttempt a similar endevor, but there are more little fires to put out than you can imagine. We have a number of projects with this new endevor going on at once and are juggling all of them at the same time. Of course if we had 10,000 members join the first day, we would have enough money to hire a large enough staff to do all of this for us. But as that is not the case, we have to put things into priority categories. We are actually working on the members only section, starting with PA definitions and literature you can give out to perspective employers. But this is a work in prograss and as with much of the overall project, will take a little longer to have in place.

Please bear with us and hopefully these, and other issues will be resolved in due time. We are working hard for all of us.

[EMEDPA]

fyi- For those of you interested in making a contribution to napa but are not able to commit to the full price of fellow or student membership at this time there is a new membership level of "donor" which allows you to input the amount of your choice to help this fine organization. every little bit helps as we work towards our goal of increasing the publics's' awareness of the pa profession.
thanks to everyone who has joined up so far and to all future members and donors-emedpa.

[bsady]

18 members so far from 10 different states. So far many more males then females...what's up ladies?

[laughing angel]

fyi- For those of you interested in making a contribution to napa but are not able to commit to the full price of fellow or student membership at this time there is a new membership level of "donor" which allows you to input the amount of your choice to help this fine organization. every little bit helps as we work towards our goal of increasing the publics's' awareness of the pa profession.

Thanks for making this an option, guys... I've only gotten one paycheck so far and have quite a debt load to start attacking... but this will allow me to support this organization a little now and with a full membership later.

[bsady]

Thanks for making this an option, guys... I've only gotten one paycheck so far and have quite a debt load to start attacking... but this will allow me to support this organization a little now and with a full membership later.

Every little bit helps, we really appreciate your support.

[PACPhD]

Thank you all for your support. Along the way there have been a few bumps in the road, all to be expected in any new start-up. Our membership software has not been what we had hoped for and essentially has been giving us quite a number of problems. We have switched to new software and are in the process of integrating it into our website. It may take a day or two. Please bear with us and again, we apologize for the inconvenience.

[RVacanti]

I am one of the founders of the new organization. We are not here to replace anyone. We will work with all PA organizations. We need them all. We are here to promote the PA profession by marketing them to the public, health care administrators, and other health care professionals. The problem with the already existing PA organizations is too much red tape. We have set the foundations of the new organization so that we will have less voting and committees and more action. We want direct contact with as many PAs as we can. We are members of the AAPA and will continue to be active members. We have only one goal....make things better for all PAs. Not "midlevels". I hope you will support us in our endeavor.

I am glad to see this post tonight. I received the email announcing this new organization and am very interested in joining. I personally am tired of patients asking me "when I will graduate" and if I am going to "do what doc does" some day. I am anxious for more information, however. How does the organization plan to promote the profession and what benefits are included in becoming a member? Has the AAPA recognized this organization in any way? (not that they need to, I was just wondering if they plan to foster your goals) I want to personally thank you for taking the initiative to do this. I think that it is a fabulous idea and sorely needed.
RV