NCAPA

Committee Meeting: Government Affairs, Legislative
2025-01-21 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York)
The NCAPA Government Affairs Committee works to assure that North Carolina has a practice environment beneficial to PAs and remains one of the best states to practice. The committee reviews and makes recommendations on issues related to statutes, regulatory, and reimbursement as they affect PAs and the profession in North Carolina.

Each year, the committee creates a Legislative Agenda and plans and coordinates the Annual PA Day at the NC Legislature. The committee also currently has a subcommittee focused on Behavioral Health and includes professional liaisons to the NC Medical Board Review Panel and the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Group.

LEGISLATIVE SUBCOMMITTEE – Review proposed healthcare legislation for impacts on PAs and patients. Members will receive bill tracking information and will be responsible for reviewing legislation and raising questions. This committee will meet more frequently during session and may be asked to provide testimony or recruit another PA to provide testimony.

NCAPA Joint Injections Workshop
2025-01-25 09:00 - 12:00 | NCAPA / Stead Center, 1121 Slater Road, Durham, NC
SPOTS ARE GOING FAST! Register before January 20, 2025.

This skills-based injections workshop is designed for a broad range of practitioners who would like to develop or improve joint and soft tissue injection skills. The didactic portion will cover indications, contraindications, side effects, materials used, and techniques of common musculoskeletal injections.

This hands-on skills lab portion will allow attendees to identify anatomical landmarks and practice various musculoskeletal injections on shoulders, knees, thighs, elbows, with guidance and feedback from the workshop facilitators.

Objectives include:

Explain how the ability of primary care providers to administer routine musculoskeletal injections impacts health disparities by reducing the necessity for referrals to orthopedic specialists.

Identify the indications for musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections.

Recognize contraindications and potential side effects of musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections.

Describe the materials required and various medication combinations used for specific musculoskeletal conditions.

Identify anatomical landmarks used to give musculoskeletal corticosteroid injections.

Demonstrate proper technique of musculoskeletal injections on part task trainers.

Committee Meeting: Health
2025-01-27 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-05-05 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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Southeastern Fracture Symposium
2025-01-30 00:00 - 2025-02-01 23:59
SEFS is a CME-accredited conference offered annually for 15-20 AMA PRA Category 1 credits. The curriculum is designed specifically for orthopaedic trauma, featuring renowned leaders in the field who will share their expertise and challenging cases.

The 2025 SEFS will be hosted at the Carolina Inn.

Committee Meeting: Government Affairs, Regulatory
2025-01-30 19:00 - 20:00
The NCAPA Government Affairs Committee works to assure that North Carolina has a practice environment beneficial to PAs and remains one of the best states to practice. The committee reviews and makes recommendations on issues related to statutes, regulatory, and reimbursement as they affect PAs and the profession in North Carolina.

Each year, the committee creates a Legislative Agenda and plans and coordinates the Annual PA Day at the NC Legislature. The committee also currently has a subcommittee focused on Behavioral Health and includes professional liaisons to the NC Medical Board Review Panel and the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Group.

REGULATORY SUBCOMMITTEE – Monitor and provide feedback to NC Medical Board policy statements, proposed rules, and other issues. Attend at least one of the virtual APPAH Committee and Policy Committee meetings. Be prepared to provide testimony at NCMB meetings as needed. Meeting frequency is every other month prior to NCMB meetings and as needed.

NCAPA Board Meeting (Virtual)
2025-02-01 09:00 - 13:00

Committee Meeting: Regional Chapters
2025-02-03 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-05 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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Committee Meeting: Finance
2025-02-04 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.

Committee Meeting: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
2025-02-05 19:00 - 20:00, 2025-04-07 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: Executive
2025-02-10 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-03-10 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-04-14 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-05-12 20:00 - 21:00, 2025-06-09 20:00 - 21:00

NCAPA 2025 Virtual Winter Conference
2025-02-28 00:00 - 2025-03-02 23:59
The NCAPA Winter Conference includes a broad agenda for PAs and NPs. It focuses on core medical knowledge and provides an overview of the organ systems. In addition, it includes various topics found within PANRE and PANRE-LA. This conference does not formally offer sessions dedicated to exam-taking practices, but does offer clinicians an opportunity to review general knowledge across commonly seen primary care conditions based on the various body systems.

The agenda includes a combination of scheduled, virtual sessions and on-demand sessions, giving you access in real-time from anywhere you are. You also receive access for 90-days via the Attendee Hub.

Attending this conference is a great way to start the new year and earn your CME!

PA Day at the Legislature
2025-03-19 00:00 - 23:59
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: 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
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: Endowment Trustee
2025-04-16 20:00 - 21:00

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

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

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