Rbnz Posted May 21, 2019 Share Posted May 21, 2019 At a small critical access hospital in Arizona that employs 5 PAs. The hospital also utilizes many physicians that come into town that also bring their own PAs/NPs. We are all involved in wound clinic, family clinic, UC, and first assisting in the OR. We have never really had a voice at the hospital and are essentially left out of all meetings including meetings where PAs are discussed. We have many managers and physicians that we answer too on a daily basis, which can get very confusing. My question is...is there any good resources for getting PAs more involved and having a voice? Should PAs be a voting member on the MEC? Is it unreasonable to have a Lead PA that funnels and distributes information to the other PAs? Thoughts... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 ^^^ "Assistant". Tough to give a voice to a profession with "Assistant" in its name. Even tougher to be taken seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted May 22, 2019 Moderator Share Posted May 22, 2019 there was an AAPA model hospital bylaws a few years back in small C.A. Hosptials PA's should serve as full voting members of the medical staff.... period Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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