Resources and Links Physician Assistant World See what jobs opportunities are available, learn about PA education, and how PAs contribute to healthcare ADVANCE for Physician Assistants ADVANCE for Physician Assistants is the independent source for peer-reviewed clinical and professional information for all PAs, regardless of their professional affiliation. Its mission is to provide PAs with clinical articles, professional news and analysis, practice articles and opinions specifically tailored to PAs' needs. American Association of Physician Assistants Learn about the PA profession, current issues and legislature, education, and much more. National Commission on the Certification of Physician Assistants NCCPA is the certifying group for PAs. Learn about Continuing Medical Education (CME) requirements for PAs and how to maintain your certification throughout your career. Central Application Service for Physician Assistants Learn about the application process for Physician Assistant schools. Articles and books  A Slippery Slope: A Middle-aged guy's bumpy run from early retirement...to ski bum...to ski patroller... to Physician Assistant A must read for anyone considering the PA profession, Gerry Dougherty gives his readers insight into what it takes to become a Physician Assistant. "A Slippery Slope takes the reader along for the ride as a guy with a life-long love for skiing and too much time on his hands became a certified patroller, got into - and back out of - nursing school, en route to becoming, in 2006, a newly-minted 52-year-old physician assistant. Part diary, part memoir, this book is one run that occasionally tugs at the emotions, and offers plenty of laughs along the way."  Want to know what PA school is like? Read the on-line Journal of Brett Feldman, PA student at DeSales University in Allentown, PA. Medical Economics: NPs and PAs, A Seller's Market These "midlevel" providers are in demand, so your salary and working conditions had better be competitive.   Stu Jones, PA and Practice Owner  When Stu Jones, PA-C, and his colleague, Brant Bell, PA-C, decided to leave an orthopedic group in order to open their own practice, their employers told them there was no way they’d make it. They were told they were crazy, but they got the last laugh PA Owned and Operated North Carolina physician assistant Bob Hollingsworth doesn't have some huge entrepreneurial streak. He's not fed up with working for physicians, nor is he looking to make some kind of PA political statement. Hollingsworth merely wants to practice in his hometown of Red Springs, N.C. After a lot of thought and discussions with his wife, Elnora, Hollingsworth decided to buy the practice and operate it on his own.  email the webmaster with suggestions for other articles, links, or resources: KarenFields@MedicalMentore.net Karen Fields , PA-C KarenFields@MedicalMentors.net(920) 540-5177 copyright 2006 www.medicalmentors.net