NCAPA

PA Day at the Legislature
2025-03-19 00:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York)
Registration is required to attend. Registrations enable NCAPA to schedule meetings with your legislator. NCAPA Members can register through the emailed invitation link.

On Wednesday, March 19th, join your colleagues from across the state to advocate for PAs and your patients. Practicing PAs and PA students will don their white coats and meet with legislators in Raleigh to champion laws to enhance the PA profession in North Carolina.

Last year’s advocacy day had the largest attendance to date, with 150+ practicing PAs and PA students traveling to the North Carolina General Assembly. This year, we are excited to continue this momentum together.

Committee Meeting: Student Affairs
2025-03-27 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Student Affairs Committee acts as a liaison to North Carolina PA programs and represents the concerns of the PA student community while supporting efforts in achieving academic excellence, proficiency, and social interaction. The committee guides and supports all student events, including the Annual Student Challenge Bowl and Student Leadership Retreat.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

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Committee Meeting: Conference Management Panel (CMP)
2025-04-02 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Conference Management Panel (CMP) works to ensure NCAPA’s annual conferences run smoothly and have high attendee satisfaction. Members of the panel work together to coordinate activities, handle onsite check-in of attendees, moderate lectures, and act as overall conference ambassadors.

Committee Meeting: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2025-04-07 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-07 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee works to improve diversity, equity, and inclusion within NCAPA and the PA profession through professional development, providing education on health disparities, and outreach to historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs). Committee members serve on the committee as a whole but can also choose to serve on one or more subcommittees:

HBCU Outreach works to form productive partnerships with all 11 North Carolina HBCUs to increase visibility of the PA profession and impact diverse recruitment.

DE&I Professional Development works to ensure that 100% of NCAPA leaders and committee members receive annual bias training with the hope that awareness of biases will lead to less harm when interacting with others through policies, hiring practices, etc.

Health Disparities CME provides recommendations for speakers and content related to health disparities.

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Committee Meeting: Educational Development Panel (EDP)
2025-04-08 18:00 - 19:00
The NCAPA Education Development Panel (EDP) works to provide CME outside of NCAPA’s annual conferences, through regional workshops, online CME, and other educational events. Members of the panel serve as an advisory group to inform what content may be of interest to PAs. The panel works together to vet proposals, select speakers and topics, and to ensure that outstanding peer-led, peer-driven content is provided to attendees.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

Committee Meeting: Professional Development Review Panel (PDRP)
2025-04-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-06-18 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Professional Development Review Panel (PDRP) works to ensure NCAPA’s annual conferences provide engaging speakers and excellent CME. Members of the panel work together to select speakers for each conference from a wide variety of submitted proposals. Upon acceptance, speaker presentations are reviewed and feedback is provided by the panel prior to being finalized to ensure that outstanding peer-led, peer-driven content is provided to attendees.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

Committee Meeting: Membership & Marketing
2025-04-09 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-07-10 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Membership and Marketing Committee works to strengthen membership recruitment and retention strategies. The committee annually evaluates the perceived value of NCAPA membership through member surveys and provides input on member promotions and events, including the PA of the Year Award. The committee also coordinates non-CME learning opportunities for members and assists with the Annual Member Meeting.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

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NCAPA 2025 HBCU Pre-PA Fair
2025-04-12 09:00 - 16:00 | NCAPA / Stead Center, 1121 Slater Road, Durham, NC
The NCAPA HBCU Pre-PA Fair is a day created by PAs, for all students attending a North Carolina HBCU. The event includes an overview of the PA school admissions process, PAs and PA student panel, and one-on-one conversations with program representatives.With many North Carolina PA programs under one roof, plus an incredible lineup of practicing PAs, mentors, PA students, and organizations, the annual NCAPA HBCU Pre-PA Fair is the perfect opportunity to learn about the PA profession! 🩺

Committee Meeting: Executive
2025-04-14 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-12 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-09 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-14 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-08-11 20:00 - 21:00

Committee Meeting: Endowment Trustee
2025-04-16 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-24 20:00 - 21:00

NCAPA Board Meeting (In-Person)
2025-04-26 10:00 - 15:00 | NCAPA / Stead Center, 1121 Slater Road, Durham, NC

Committee Meeting: Health
2025-05-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-08-04 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Health Committee works to provide resources surrounding health and wellbeing. These resources include the development of health and wellness CME and sharing current wellness resources with NCAPA members. The committee recommends speakers for NCAPA conferences and provides wellness programming.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

Interested in Joining a NCAPA Committee? Committee assignments are on a calendar year basis and NCAPA recruits during the fall of each year for the upcoming calendar year.

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Committee Meeting: Regional Chapters
2025-05-05 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-07-28 20:00 - 21:00
The NCAPA Regional Chapters Committee provides two-way communication between NCAPA and the Regional Chapters, providing support to the chapters throughout the state and ensuring that policies and charters are current. Committee membership is decided upon by each regional chapter, who can assign one member to serve on the committee.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

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NCAPA Virtual Radiology Workshop
2025-05-10 09:00 - 12:00

NCAPA Office Closed: Memorial Day
2025-05-26 00:00 - 23:59

NCAPA Board Meeting (Virtual)
2025-06-21 09:00 - 13:00

NCAPA Office Closed: Independence Day
2025-07-04 00:00 - 23:59

Committee Meeting: Finance
2025-08-07 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Finance Committee oversees the Academy’s finances. The committee understands that financial statements, budgets, and accounting can be intimidating to many PAs and assists its members to become more comfortable in these areas. The committee serves in an internal audit capacity and provides oversight to the annual budgetary income and expenses, the Building Maintenance Fund, the Strategic Projects Fund, and the Reserve Fund. The committee works closely with the NCAPA Treasurer and the Executive Director and administrative staff to ensure that resources are utilized in a manner consistent with the strategic plan.

Committee service provides members with opportunities to connect with their peers across the state, provide meaningful contributions to the profession, and gain valuable leadership experience. Committees gather information, study issues, reach consensus, and make recommendations to the Board of Directors. Active committee involvement from members like you makes NCAPA a successful organization.

49th Annual NCAPA Summer Conference
2025-08-17 00:00 - 2025-08-22 23:59
The NCAPA Summer Conference provides PAs and NPs an opportunity to enhance their skills, stay up to date on innovative practices, and engage with their peers. The general sessions and workshops provide opportunities to explore best practices and new research while earning Category 1 CME credits.

This year’s conference is offered as a hybrid event so attendees have the opportunity to register as in-person or virtual attendees.

More information to come soon! Stay tuned.

NCAPA Office Closed: Labor Day
2025-09-01 00:00 - 23:59
