Aiming High: What Do You Want to Achieve this Year?
Dear Colleagues,
Energy is high, and the year is off to a great start at the SDPA. We are buzzing with great ideas. Our volunteer leaders are strong, driven, and passionate about improving the professional lives of all DermPAs™. Fortunately, we are a healthy organization with creativity, ingenuity, and the drive to develop programming and resources to support the success of DermPAs™. Our leaders recently convened and used our natural PA collaborative skills to brainstorm new initiatives. This diverse group of PAs was great for exchanging thoughts and ideas. Coming together as a team strengthened our relationships and empowered us to think creatively and be visionary about where we want our profession to go. Initiatives to continue the evolution of our practice include mentorship, professional development, the use of AI, employment legalities, and reimbursement advocacy, to name a few.
What is on our horizon? Our membership committee worked together to create the practice survey that you recently received. Many hours of thoughtful consideration went into creating the survey, hoping it will provide helpful information for you. This is another concrete way SDPA is pouring resources into advocating for you.
Speaking of investing, through substantially reinvesting SDPA funds, our diplomate committee got the green light on the new, improved Diplomate program. They are updating the program to bring a more effortless, engaging learning experience to benefit new DermPAs™ and our patients.
Our distance CME is hosting a live webinar on recent key findings from the JAAD to engage members and support evidence-based practice. The bank of previous webinars remains available for later viewing including nail disorders, JAK inhibitors, and contract negotiation.
The legislative committee is focused on PA advocacy issues to augment your ease of practice. Please correspond with us regarding practice issues that are important to you. We also proudly announce the launch of the merchandise store to promote the DermPA™ brand. Please send photos of yourself wearing your PA proud shirts. Another launch happening this month is the new JDPA Winter issue published by Wolters Kluwer. This hallmark event marks the beginning of a substantial jump in PA scholarship opportunities.
As you can see, SDPA has started off the year making large strides toward our goal to serve DermPA™. SDPA is the only organization run by DermPA™, empowering and equipping DermPA™ to reach their goals.
Stay tuned with the SDPA as we aim high and move to the future.
Yours truly,
Laura
