surgblumm Posted June 3, 2021 Share Posted June 3, 2021 We recently passed legislation in the HOD that advocates for a name change and the Academy is going to endorse it, but what are we doing to advocate for ourselves with this new piece of PR? When you graduate you proclaim it to the world. When you become married you are filled with happiness and announce it to everyone. when you have a new baby you create excitement for your family and friends. When NPs started getting FPA they shared it with each other, with all of the medical boards and with institutions that hire them They were proud, excited and fearless and we see the result from their TV advertisements. President Kennedy thrilled the nation with his determination to put an American on the moon. “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too.” We need to have the same determination to use our accomplishment to notify all of the people at the table. We do not need to let the voices of physician organizations to shout louder than ourselves. Contact your state PA society and your AAPA BOD and encourage them to use this as a tool for OTP. 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arthropathy Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 (edited) Outside of the HOD and this forum a lot of PAs think this is stupid. I don't have a single colleague (admittedly a small circle) who agrees with changing our title to associate. It's also meaningless until states start changing the language of statutes. So to use a similar analogy to yours, it would be like announcing that your application to be an astronaut has been accepted. Might be exciting but doesn't really mean anything at all Edited June 4, 2021 by Arthropathy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cideous Posted June 4, 2021 Share Posted June 4, 2021 5 minutes ago, Arthropathy said: Outside of the HOD and this forum a lot of PAs think this is stupid. I don't have a single colleague (admittedly a small circle) who agrees with changing our title to associate. It's also meaningless until states start changing the language of statutes. So to use a similar analogy to yours, it would be like announcing that your application to be an astronaut has been accepted. Might be exciting but doesn't really mean anything at all Damn right and well said! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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