ProSpectre Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Just saw this announcement from the AAPA. It looks like they are making progress on the title-change investigation by appointing a dozen PAs to an advisory council to serve as a resource for the firm that will be doing the investigation. The language makes it unclear if the specific firm has been chosen yet, but progress is progress, and results are expected at the 2019 HOD meeting so I'm sure they are making moves toward selecting a specific firm if they haven't already. It would be nice to know the specific thoughts of each of the PAs chosen to sit on the Title Change Investigation Advisory Council though. Either way, it's just nice to see steady movement on this topic. https://www.aapa.org/news-central/2018/09/pa-title-change-investigation-advances-selection-advisory-council-members/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Please Lord let us have this one thing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I suspect it will happen. It is just going to be a slow process like most things this big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GetMeOuttaThisMess Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I suspect it will happen. It is just going to be a slow process like most things this big.Scott, we’ll be sipping Mai-tai’s on the beach before it happens. Just imagine all the work at the state levels to change laws, and like Tx, they only meet bi-annually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 26 minutes ago, sas5814 said: I suspect it will happen. It is just going to be a slow process like most things this big. What kind of timeline are we talking here? 2 years? 3 years? 5? 10? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 Next year at the AAPA HOD the information will be presented from the title change study. Some decision will likely be made at that point. Assuming a title is recommended and passed by the HOD then each state has to do the work to make the title change. In a sense it would be a simple thing. A simple amendment to the existing statute that says everywhere physician assistant appears it should be amended to read >name<. It is a simple thing and nobody should care what we choose to call ourselves but in politics...who knows. Now...arguably..... we could simply say "from now on we are called >name<" without changing the language in each state's enabling legislation but I don't think that will get much traction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyVetDude Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I am for: Medical practitioner, MP or PA-M = practitioner advanced -Medicine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 I think name/title change needs to be rolled into all new OTP legislation after a title is decided on. hard to ask for increased autonomy and scope of practice as an assistant. go big and do it all in one fell swoop! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACJD Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I know name change has been discussed multiple times in the past with no real progress made. When I first entered practice 10 years ago there were talks of name change, with nothing to show for it. However, I do truly believe the time has come and its on its way. The difference between the past attempts and now is that there is actual movement and a legitimate plan in place, like the establishment of this advisory council. We can't truly know until it actually happens, but in my mind I think in about 3 years we will no longer have to dread having the "assistant" in our profession. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArmyVetDude Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 I really hope they dont assign any PA's from Texas and Virginia or any other states that wanted to modify the original OTP this year to this advisory board. Dont need any of these haters to curtail our progress... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 looks like a pretty good group. I know several of those folks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 26 minutes ago, EMEDPA said: looks like a pretty good group. I know several of those folks. Myself. Good picks. Forward thinkers who see what needs to be done. It will be interesting to see what comes out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoCal_PA Posted September 19, 2018 Share Posted September 19, 2018 1 hour ago, sas5814 said: Myself. Good picks. Forward thinkers who see what needs to be done. It will be interesting to see what comes out of it. How about if PA = Physician (Almost)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 19, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, SoCal_PA said: How about if PA = Physician (Almost)? physician alternative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapLustrum Posted September 24, 2018 Share Posted September 24, 2018 Certified Medical Practitioner, MP-C would be my ideal outcome. "Hi, I'm Medical Practitioner John Smith, what brings you in today?" or "Hi, I'm Certified Medical Practitioner John Smith, what brings you in today?" What we do and at what level. Not an assistant. Not a wanna-be physician. Not introducing yourself as an abbreviation. As SoCal said "Please Lord let us have this one thing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joelseff Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 In a sense it would be a simple thing. A simple amendment to the existing statute that says everywhere physician assistant appears it should be amended to read >name<. it is a simple thing and nobody should care what we choose to call ourselves but in politics...who knows.> Now...arguably..... we could simply say "from now on we are called >name I and some older posters (some who are no longer active on this board) have suggested this numerous times before whenever the whole title change was brought up. Many of those who were against title change or at least "cautious" of title change stated it would be a much larger task than simply stating "from here on out Physician Assistant will now be blah blah blah." they were made up of AAPA members and IIRC an ex AAPA President. They made it sound like changing the title would "open up and jeopardize ALL progress that PAs made in practice laws" I always thought it was nonsense on their part. If we can in fact just amend the books to simply swap titles then that would confirm those guys were full of $#!+. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G891A using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 It really is a simple thing in the greatest sense and has been done with word changes on other issues in the past. It is simply an amendment to existing language. These kinds of things are usually "oh by the way" amendments stuck in a larger unrelated piece of legislation. Now having said that there is no predicting who will oppose what. The physicians in particular are liable to oppose anything that seems to elevate our status in any way. Politics and reality rarely reflect each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator EMEDPA Posted September 25, 2018 Moderator Share Posted September 25, 2018 The 's was removed in every state through minor amendments. proves it can be done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapLustrum Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 1 hour ago, sas5814 said: It really is a simple thing in the greatest sense and has been done with word changes on other issues in the past. It is simply an amendment to existing language. These kinds of things are usually "oh by the way" amendments stuck in a larger unrelated piece of legislation. Now having said that there is no predicting who will oppose what. The physicians in particular are liable to oppose anything that seems to elevate our status in any way. Politics and reality rarely reflect each other. I think Physicians would protest Medical Practitioner far less than Physician Associate since they've already stated they didn't like Physician Associate in the past and some practices are named "Emergency Physician Associates of South Jersey" for example. Priority 1: Get rid of "Assistant" because we aren't assistants. Priority 2: Get rid of "Physician" because we aren't physicians. Hopefully the council doesn't get too caught up in keeping the AAPAs initials the same. I've never liked using initials unless most laypeople immediately recognize the abbreviation anyways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 While a lot of people have stated some preference for something that keeps the initials I doubt (one man's opinion) that will really be a big factor in the decision. I think the best comments I have seen state we need a title that is unique to us and isn't describing us in relation to any other profession. Where this will land I can't even guess. AAPA has formed a committee of well respected and experienced PA leaders and the money has been allocated for the consulting firm. I'm looking forward to hearing the outcome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UGoLong Posted September 25, 2018 Share Posted September 25, 2018 How one’s potential customers react is probably the bigger deal, at least for the first several years.I think GMAC became Ally Bank. In the process, they lost connection with their past, which for them might have been a good thing. For the millions of patients who see a PA, it’s something that probably needs to be addressed in any transition. We would like to retain 50 years of service to our patients.Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GapLustrum Posted September 26, 2018 Share Posted September 26, 2018 15 hours ago, UGoLong said: How one’s potential customers react is probably the bigger deal, at least for the first several years. I think GMAC became Ally Bank. In the process, they lost connection with their past, which for them might have been a good thing. For the millions of patients who see a PA, it’s something that probably needs to be addressed in any transition. We would like to retain 50 years of service to our patients. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk I think it's important not to be too short-sighted. I would hope "the first several years" would be a tiny itsy-bitsy sliver of time in the existence of this profession. This title change could be felt for centuries for all we know. I think a more apt comparison is Steward/Stewardess to Flight Attendant. Did people suddenly view them differently? Did they lose a connection with their past? It wouldn't appear so. People adjusted pretty quickly. Patients will too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corpsman89 Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 I think title change is important not only to better describe what we do to our patients and to the public, but it gives us a moment to really publicize ourselves and our profession. Just imagine. An entire profession changing their title. Obviously this would be major if we changed our title to something quite different like Medical Practitioner. It would spark very big discussions, not only among other health care workers, patients, but also among legislative members. It gives us an opportunity to get out a big PR campaign explaining to the public why we are NOT assistants. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgriffiths Posted September 27, 2018 Share Posted September 27, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 12:05 PM, GapLustrum said: Priority 1: Get rid of "Assistant" because we aren't assistants. Priority 2: Get rid of "Physician" because we aren't physicians. Hi, I'm nothing.... I know it's not what you meant, but immediately what popped into my head and I laughed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PACali Posted September 29, 2018 Share Posted September 29, 2018 On 9/25/2018 at 9:05 AM, GapLustrum said: I think Physicians would protest Medical Practitioner far less than Physician Associate since they've already stated they didn't like Physician Associate in the past and some practices are named "Emergency Physician Associates of South Jersey" for example. Priority 1: Get rid of "Assistant" because we aren't assistants. Priority 2: Get rid of "Physician" because we aren't physicians. Hopefully the council doesn't get too caught up in keeping the AAPAs initials the same. I've never liked using initials unless most laypeople immediately recognize the abbreviation anyways. I agree. One of the arugement for Physician Associate is it has the word “Physician.” I am okay getting rid of that word. I think Medical Practitioner is a powerful name, because right away patient would know you practice medicine. We really don’t need a fancy name. I don’t think the Nurse Practitioner organization will like it because the name change might emphasize the fact that they practice nursing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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