Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Emergency Medicine - Little Rock Area

Dr. Hutchison, a physician at St Vincent ER is president of META, which is the group that has the contract at St Vincent Infirmary and St Vincent North as well as a number of other hospitals in the state. They are considering hiring PAs to staff their emergency departments, possibly in the fast-track area. His email address is grhutch@comcast.net.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Continuing Accreditation

Here is the press release from Harding University on our continuing accreditation:


Harding’s Physician Assistant Program receives continued accreditation

SEARCY, Ark. — Harding University’s Physician Assistant Program has been awarded continued accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant (ARC-PA).

The 28-month graduate program began at Harding in summer 2005 and is the first physician assistant program in Arkansas. Currently, there are 64 students enrolled in the program.

"We are honored at having received accreditation for a period of five years with no citations. This is unusual for a program as young as Harding's,” said Dr. Michael Murphy, program director. “The credit goes to the program faculty and staff and our many clinical preceptors who have all worked so hard to meet the accreditation standards and provide quality PA education and clinical training for our students."

The program's next review by ARC-PA will be in September 2014.

For more information about the physician assistant program, visit www.harding.edu/paprogram.

Ortho - Rogers, Arkansas

Ozark Orthopaedic & Sports Medicine Clinic is looking for PA for a new position to work with a spine Ortho physician in Rogers. This person could be new grad or experienced.

Their website is www.ozarkorthopaedic.com.

Please contact Pat McAnally, the office administrator, for additional information. Email: patmac@ozarkorthopaedic.com. Office phone: 479-521-2752.