Do you wear a white coat in your PA practice? If so, when was the last time it was laundered? ADVANCE editor Michael Gerchufsky discusses the growing, serious discussion about banning white coats in the clinic, since they could be vectors for nosocomial infection.

White Coat Syndrome

The ADVANCE Webcast for Physician Assistants, from the team that brings you ADVANCE for Physician Assistants, regularly brings you the latest news and opinions about the physician assistant profession and PAs’ role in American medicine—and beyond. In these biweekly Webcasts, ADVANCE journalists and editors with decades of combined experience covering PAs are joined by guests ranging from titans of the profession to the unsung heroes of health care, to share insight about the world of PAs.

Reports to the House of Delegates detail AAPA finances.

AAPA's Investment-Building & Building Investments

A legal review of AAPA structure prompts big changes to the HOD's perceived authority.

Bringing Down the House

Editor Michael Gerchufsky reaches into the mailbag and shares reader comments and feedback about our recent content and coverage.

Reader Comments to ADVANCE

In this ADVANCE Webcast live from the SPAP CME Conference in Baltimore, senior associate editor Terri Schaefer speaks with Joey Soward, MPAS, PA-C, and Charlene Morris, DFAAPA, MPAS, PA-C, about the success of the societys’s first solo conference.

Live from SPAP 2010

In this ADVANCE Webcast live from the AFPPA Spring Conference in Orlando, assistant editor Heather Simons discusses the importance of family practice PAs with Wendy Macey, MPAS, PA-C.

White Coat Syndrome

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