National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants (NCCPA)
NCCPA is exhibiting two posters this year: "PAs in Critical Care Medicine" and "Statistical Profile of Certified PAs by State." Scroll through the text below to see both posters.
Poster 1
PAs in Critical Care Medicine
Poster Authors
Dawn Morton-Rias, EdD, PA-C; Kasey Puckett, MPH; Andrzej Kozikowski, PhD; Colette Jeffery, MA; Sheila Mauldin, MNM; and JoshuaGoodman, PhD
Summary
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, critical care medicine providers have held an immense responsibility in providing care to critically ill patients, and staff from across the hospital have been redeployed to work in critical care units. The number of PAs in critical care medicine has grown by 67% between 2016 and 2021; however, more research is needed in understanding the critical care medicine PA workforce. Therefore, we explored the key demographic and practice characteristics of PAs in critical care medicine. NCCPA 2021 data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and bivariate analyses. Knowing the characteristics of the PA critical care medicine workforce will quantify their contribution to the overall critical care medicine workforce.
Contact
Colette Jeffery, MA
Senior Research Analyst
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Email: colettej@nccpa.net
Phone: 678-417-8172
Additional Information
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Poster 2
Statistical Profile of Certified PAs by State
Poster Authors
Colette Jeffery, MA; Greg Thomas, PA-C Emeritus; Dawn Morton-Rias, EdD, PA-C; Andrzej Kozikowski, PhD; Kasey Puckett, MPH; Sheila Mauldin, MNM; and Joshua Goodman, PhD
Summary
The National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants has recently published its 2020 Statistical Profile of Certified Physician Assistants by State. This report was developed to pro- vide comparative data on the physician assistant workforce by state and the U.S. The report delivers comprehensive state-level information about the rate of certified PAs by state, demographics, and practice data. NCCPA launched the PA Professional Profile in May 2012. This data-gathering instrument is presented to certified PAs through a secure portal within NCCPA’s website.
The profile has three modules: About Me, My Practice and Recently Certified. Data reflected in this report includes responses from PAs who were certified as of December 31, 2020 and answered at least a portion of the survey. In addition, some data was obtained from other NCCPA data collection strategies and the number of licensed physician assistants is derived from the 2020 Federation of State Medical Boards licensure data. This report includes responses from 127,560 certified PAs, yielding an overall response rate of 85.9%. The data provided has been aggregated from the individual responses provided by PAs. Responses were examined for consistency and potential errors. Responses that contained obvious errors or inconclusive data were not included in this analysis. Conclusion: Certified PAs are represented in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Understanding the differences within the PA workforce in regards to demographics, practice characteristics and distribution can provide a valuable tool to PAs, physicians, policy makers, health regulators and others.
Contact
Colette Jeffery, MA
Senior Research Analyst
National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants
Email: colettej@nccpa.net
Phone: 678-417-8172
Additional Information
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