DMS Module Series -- Leveraging the HPU Health Sciences Collection: Professional Development

The Association of American Medical Colleges is a nonprofit organization established to represent medical schools, teaching hospitals, and academic and scientific societies. It also provides services to its member institutions that include data from medical, education, and health studies, as well as consulting.

The purpose of the Group on Educational Affairs (GEA) is to advance medical education and medical educators through faculty development, curriculum development, educational research, and assessment in undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education.

As the largest physician organization in the state, the North Carolina Medical Society devotes itself to representing the interests of physicians and protecting the quality of patient care.

The American Association for Physician Leadership is an educational organization focused on physicians in leadership and management positions.

The Association for Hospital Medical Education is a national, non-profit professional organization involved in the continuum of hospital-based medical education. AHME's members represent several hundred teaching hospitals, academic medical centers, and consortia which are involved in the delivery of undergraduate, graduate, and continuing medical education.

The Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant
is the accrediting agency that protects the interests of the public and physician assistant profession by defining the standards for physician assistant education and evaluating physician assistant educational programs within the territorial United States to ensure
their compliance with those standards.

AAPA advocates and educates on behalf of the profession and the patients PAs serve. We work to ensure the professional growth, personal excellence and recognition of physician assistants.

PAEA is the only national organization representing physician assistant educational programs in the United States. Currently, all of the accredited programs in the country are members of the Association. PAEA provides services for faculty at its member programs, as well as to applicants, students, and other stakeholders.

NCCPA is the only certifying organization for physician assistants in the United States. Established as a not-for-profit organization in 1974, NCCPA is dedicated to assuring the public that certified physician assistants meet established standards of clinical knowledge and cognitive skills upon entry into practice and throughout their careers.

The Board is a public organization that regulates medical professionals for the state of North Carolina.

Academic Medicine is the official, peer-reviewed journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges. The journal serves as an international forum for the exchange of ideas, information, and strategies to address the major challenges facing the academic medicine community as it strives to carry out its missions in the public interest. The journal's areas of focus include: education and training issues; health and science policy; institutional policy, management, and values; research practice; and clinical practice in academic settings.

The Bulletin Magazine is published online quarterly and offers in-depth insights into today’s health care environment and introduces you to the NCMS members and health care leaders making an impact on their profession, workplace and communities

The award-winning Physician Leadership Journal is the voice of physician leadership — your source for insights, ideas, and conversations relevant to medical professionals. Articles in this section spotlight original research, operational interventions and findings, and discussions that orient readers to key topics in health care and physician leadership.

Today's physicians, office managers and healthcare administrators face a new economic landscape. Fees and income limitations, escalating overhead and other financial matters have become monumental concerns. And with the rise of competition, alternative delivery systems, the new malpractice crisis, and the federal government’s intensifying efforts to curb costs, it’s increasingly difficult to manage a successful practice

The Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions (JCEHP) is the official journal of the Alliance for Continuing Education in the Health Professions, the Association for Hospital Medical Education, and the Society for Academic Continuing Medical Education. This journal is committed to publishing articles relevant to theory, research, practice and policy that contribute to the continuing professional development of individual and teams of healthcare professionals and the health professions.

The ARC-PA Newsletters & Notes Program include important information for all programs, addressing important updates and providing clarification for programs to better understand the Standards and expectations of the Commission.

JAAPA is the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA). Publishes current information and research on clinical, health policy, and professional issues.

Published quarterly, Physician Assistants' Prescribing Reference is the official drug reference of the AAPA (American Academy of Physician Assistants). It provides product monographs and prescribing information on over 2,300 products and includes AAPA Chapters Listing.

The Journal of Physician Assistant Education is dedicated to advancing physician assistant (PA) education by publishing ethically produced, scholarly manuscripts germane to PA educators and by providing a forum for the sharing of ideas and innovations that will enhance the education of PA students.