{"id":1964,"date":"2013-02-08T22:02:59","date_gmt":"2013-02-08T22:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/depts.washington.edu\/medex\/?page_id=1964"},"modified":"2013-02-08T22:02:59","modified_gmt":"2013-02-08T22:02:59","slug":"pa-organizations-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/pa-program\/what-is-a-pa\/pa-organizations-2\/","title":{"rendered":"PA Organizations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2019 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/2013\/02\/aapa-logo.jpg\" alt=\"aapa-logo\" width=\"161\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aapa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA)<\/a> is the only national professional society representing all PAs in every area of medicine.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2021 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/2013\/02\/logo_paea.jpg\" alt=\"logo_paea\" width=\"200\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paeaonline.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA)<\/a> is the national organization representing PA educational programs and individual PA educators.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-2022 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/2013\/02\/nccpa_logo.jpg\" alt=\"nccpa_logo\" width=\"175\" height=\"63\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpa.net\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)<\/a> is the only certifying organization for PAs in the nation. Certification is a requirement for state licensure.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/nccpa.jpg\" alt=\"nccpa foundation\" width=\"175\" height=\"63\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nccpa.net\/Foundationpage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nccPA Health Foundation<\/a> is a charitable nonprofit organization that designs solutions for improving the capacity of certified PAs to impact quality and accessibility of health care delivery. It is affiliated with the NCCPA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2020 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/2013\/02\/arc-pa.jpg\" alt=\"arc-pa\" width=\"147\" height=\"42\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.arc-pa.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Accreditation Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA)<\/a> is the only organization that can accredit PA educational programs nationwide. PAs must graduate from an accredited program to be eligible for certification.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2023 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PA_Foundation.jpg\" alt=\"PA_Foundation\" width=\"167\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pa-foundation.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PA Foundation<\/a> is the philanthropic arm of the AAPA.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2024 aligncenter\" style=\"font-size: 13px;line-height: 19px\" src=\"http:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/uploads\/2013\/02\/PA-History.jpg\" alt=\"PA-History\" width=\"75\" height=\"75\" \/><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pahx.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">PA History Society<\/a> preserves the history of the PA profession through archiving key materials.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; The American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) is the only national professional society representing all PAs in every area of medicine. &nbsp; The Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) is the national organization representing PA educational programs and individual PA educators. &nbsp; The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA) is the only certifying [&#8230;]\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":0,"parent":923,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1964","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1964\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/923"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}