What is PA week? Each year from October 6-12, we celebrate National PA Week, which recognizes the PA profession and its contributions to the nation’s health and wellbeing interventions.
During that week, the PA community establishes this time as an opportunity to raise awareness and visibility of the profession nationwide. Before it was a weeklong event, National PA Day was first celebrated on October 6, 1987, in honor of the 20th anniversary of the first graduating class of PAs from the Duke University PA program. October 6 is also the birthday of the profession’s founder, Eugene A. Stead, Jr., MD. Now the profession is 56 years strong! Our numbers and acceptance continue to rise even though we might not be a household name...yet
Since 1967, PAs have been improving patient outcomes and moving healthcare forward. Always innovative. Always flexible. Always ready for what’s next. As we celebrate the profession’s next 50 years, we should collectively view challenges as opportunities. Better yet, unforeseen industry circumstances as possibilities. Because PAs have always achieved the extraordinary and gone beyond.
The PA Community in partnership with all other dedicated healthcare professionals is constantly striving to increase awareness of how to make our healthcare system safer, more efficient, and accessible while providing increased quality to patients and value to the patient community.
PAs regardless of the medical specialty they practice in, they truly embody and every day humbly exemplify their "clinical excellence and service to people" in their diverse clinical roles & caregiving activities to the American healthcare consumer.
To my fellow colleague PAs, embrace your PA legacy with pride and distinction not only during PA week but also every day! Living that call honorably, intentionally, and measurably for the betterment of your fellow brother and fellow sister.
We have been trusted for over 50 Years...let's make it ready for 50 more!
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