MAPA Podcast

Listen for an update from MAPA's Legislative Committee members about the recently passed legislative changes that occurred over the past few years, including the PA Modernization Act and the PA Harmonization Act. You'll also hear what the Legislative Committee is currently working on in regards to the PA Compact as well as PAs working in mental health. Learn what you can do to advocate for our PA profession such as joining us for PA Day on the Hill! 

Do you have questions about MAPA's legislative efforts or about becoming involved with MAPA's Legislative Committee? Reach out by sending an email to [email protected] with your questions!

Guests:

 Leslie Clayton DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA is the current Program Director of Advanced Practice Providers for M Health Fairview. She has been in practice for over 25 years with the majority spent in primary care. In addition to clinical practice, and administrative leadership, she is also an adjunct assistant professor at Saint Catherine University Master of PA Studies Program.  PA Clayton currently serves on the Board of Directors for the American Academy of Physician Associates as the First Vice-Speaker of the House of Delegates.  She has served the MN Academy as a past president and legislative co-chair, as well as several other committees.  She remains a legislative committee member to continue to support the ongoing advocacy efforts on behalf of the PA profession. 

Becky Ness, PA-C, MPAS, DFAAPA is a nephrology PA with Mayo Clinic Health System, SWMN, current MAPA legislative committee member, former legislative committee co-chair, former MAPA president, and former MAPA HOD/chief delegate. 

 Alannah Zheng, MSPA, PA-C, CLC is an OBGYN PA with Allina Health. Within MAPA she serves as the chair of the Legislative & Reimbursement Committee, a Delegate to the AAPA HOD, and a committee member on the CME and Scholarship Committees. She is a past Director-at-Large.

 Host:

 Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C is a telepsychiatry PA with Minnesota Clinic for Health and Wellness. She is a Director-At-Large for MAPA and serves on the Social Media and Marketing Committee. 

PAs have several qualities that make them excellent leaders. In fact, if you're a PA, you're already a leader for your patients, the medical staff, and the admin staff that you work with. Meghan and Aaron are PAs who lead hundreds of APPs within their healthcare organizations. In this episode, we discuss how they got to where they are and what recommendations they would have for any of you interested in pursuing a leadership role as a PA. 

Guests: 

Aaron Browne, PA-C is the Vice President of APP Services at M Health Fairview and practices in urgent care.  

Meghan McCoy, PA-C is the Director of Advanced Practice Providers at Hennepin Healthcare and practices in ENT.  

Host: 

Katarina Astrup, PA-C practices telepsychiatry through Minnesota Clinic for Health and Wellness, serves on MAPA's Social Media and Marketing Committee, and is a Director-At-Large for MAPA.  

Do you have questions about being a PA leader? Reach out to Meghan or Aaron: 

 Meghan McCoy, PA-C: [email protected] 

 Aaron Browne, PA-C: [email protected] 

Show Notes:

Take a listen to this MAPA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Podcast as we discuss what it means to be an ally vs. accomplice vs. co-conspirator. This conversation is the first step in discussing how we as PAs, NPs, and healthcare workers in Minnesota and beyond can leverage our power to breakdown systemic racism and other healthcare disparities.

 Hosts: Elise Haupt, MPH, PA-C & Hayden Middleton, PA-C

 Panelists:

Toweya Brown

Harrison Reed, MMSc, PA-C

Hannah Hineman, DNP, APRN, FNP-C

Take a listen to learn how you can become more involved with MAPA as a current or future Minnesota PA. 

Host: Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C 

Guest: Josh Loew, MPAS, PA- 

MAPA Pride Listening Session with LGBTQA PAs
A panel discussion of PAs who work in LGBTQ medicine and/or identify as LGBTQA. Recorded live on June 21, 2022.

Moderated by George Froehle PA-C, AAHIVS (Hennepin County Medical Center), LGBTQ Primary Care, Gender Medicine, HIV medicine

Panelists

• Hayden Middleton PA-C (Mayo Clinic), Primary Care
• Clinton Billhorn PA-C (Health Partners), Hospitalist
• Justine Herndon PA-C (Mayo Clinic), Endocrinology and gender medicine
• Nora Powers PA-C (Family Tree Clinic), Gender medicine, reproductive medicine

Resources
Anal Paps knowledge base, part of the free LGBT HEALTH 101 lecture series, LBGT PA Caucus.
American Academy of HIV Medicine, aahivm.org

Take a listen to learn interesting details about the history, benefits, and challenges of telemedicine.  

Host: Katarina Astrup, MSPAS, PA-C (Psychiatry through Minnesota Clinic for Health and Wellness) 

Guest: Nicole Cole, MSPA, PA-C (Psychiatry through Nystrom & Associates, Ltd.) 

Audio version of the January & February 2023 issue of imPAct.
https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct

Panel interview and discussion about increasing diversity in PA education from a student and faculty standpoint.  

Moderators: 

• Elise Haupt, PA-C, Regions Hospital, MAPA DE&I Committee Chair
• Sumaya Noor, Second-year PA Student at St. Catherine University, MAPA DE&I Committee volunteer 

Panelists:

• Jasmine Cofield, PA-C, Executive Director and Founder of Physician Assistants of Color; Primary Care Provider 
• Miranda LaCroix, PA-C, Hospital Medicine at Regions; Adjunct Faculty, Augsburg PA Program
• Merari Morales, PA-C, MBA, Member of Augsburg PA Program Advisory Council on Curriculum and Clinical Training
• Jolene Young, MS, Admissions Representative, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science

Audio version of the November & December 2022 issue of imPAct.  https://www.minnesotapa.org/page/imPAct