BirdDogPA Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 https://nccpacc.us.newsweaver.com/nccpa-news-august-2018/ydxog02h3ji?a=2&p=2034343&t=196253 Interesting that NCCPA has added two physicians to the board of directors. There are a total of 5 md/do members on the board. As a well developed profession I find it interesting There is this much outside influence. You would certainly not see 5 PAs on the board of directors for an organization that license physicians. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 well....I could go down this rabbit hole easily enough. I recently asked why we had non-physician's as voting members of our various boards as opposed to non-voting advisory members and was told without a vote they probably wouldn't participate. I was also told we need these outside folks (I use that term simply to denote PA and everyone else) and was told we need them to help us understand public perspective and other "stakeholder groups" thoughts and opinions. The word "stakeholders" has started causing me to bring up a little bile every time. I get the concept but think it is often being used as an excuse. I understand we don't function in a bubble. I don't understand why we give representatives of other groups a vote in our profession. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 11 minutes ago, sas5814 said: well....I could go down this rabbit hole easily enough. I recently asked why we had non-physician's as voting members of our various boards as opposed to non-voting advisory members and was told without a vote they probably wouldn't participate. I was also told we need these outside folks (I use that term simply to denote PA and everyone else) and was told we need them to help us understand public perspective and other "stakeholder groups" thoughts and opinions. The word "stakeholders" has started causing me to bring up a little bile every time. I get the concept but think it is often being used as an excuse. I understand we don't function in a bubble. I don't understand why we give representatives of other groups a vote in our profession. Perfect. Then they can put me on their governing board and watch the sparks fly. What a load of crap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sas5814 Posted January 20, 2020 Share Posted January 20, 2020 You have not been assimilated and may not be on the board. Please drink this Kool-aid and get back to me later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator ventana Posted January 21, 2020 Moderator Share Posted January 21, 2020 WHY are we a profession that allows other professions with a vested interest in seeing us NOT suceed control our fate? just plan illogical We need AAPA and NCCPA to allow only PA's to be voting members of the board - period Maybe an accountant or a fire fighter can sit on the board, but why on god's earth would you let them vote on issues which effect our future - then magnify this by 100 for a Doc that might not want the profession to advance, or is facing pressure to hold the profession back...... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator rev ronin Posted January 21, 2020 Administrator Share Posted January 21, 2020 If only someone had brought this topic up two months ago... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdDogPA Posted January 21, 2020 Author Share Posted January 21, 2020 30 minutes ago, ventana said: WHY are we a profession that allows other professions with a vested interest in seeing us NOT suceed control our fate? just plan illogical We need AAPA and NCCPA to allow only PA's to be voting members of the board - period Maybe an accountant or a fire fighter can sit on the board, but why on god's earth would you let them vote on issues which effect our future - then magnify this by 100 for a Doc that might not want the profession to advance, or is facing pressure to hold the profession back...... There actually are two “public directors”. Though these people seem to be more public health/ healthcare admin type people as opposed to true members of the public. But again this puts two additional non PAs on the board that governs certification of PAs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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