Activity Overview
The ARP NP/PA Onboarding Toolkit is a resource for medical offices on the role of NP/PA staff. The topics include reasons to hire an NP/PA, mentoring an NP/PA, and NP/PA evaluation and feedback. Each recorded webinar is 30-60 minutes.
Webinar 1 : Why Hire an NP/PA?: Learn the roles of Nurse Practitioner (NP) and Physician Assistant (PA), address the increasing need for these additional advanced practice providers, and hear helpful information practices that are considering hiring a qualified NP/PA. In this 30-minute interview style webinar, Daphne Scaramangas-Plumley, MD, and Bryant Uy, PA-C, discuss these topics from their rheumatology medical practice.
Webinar 2: Mentoring an NP/PA: Learn different styles of mentoring and how to tailor them to individual offices, as well as how to avoid any potential pitfalls that come with mentorship. In this 60-minute webinar, Donald E. Thomas, Jr., MD, FACP, FACR, and Chikako Riester, CRNP, from Arthritis and Pain Associates of PG County discuss these topics and more.
Webinar 3: NP/PA Evaluation and Feedback: Hear methods of evaluation and assessment in PA and NP performance in rheumatology in this 30-minute webinar with Robert Ettlinger, MD, and Neil Moody, PA-C.
Target Audience
Rheumatologists, physician assistants, primary care providers, office managers/staff, physical therapists, pharmacists, advanced practice nurses, practice administrators, OB-GYNs, students.
Learning Objectives
Webinar 1: Why Hire an NP/PA?
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Highlight the role(s) of an NP/PA in rheumatology practice
Demonstrate how the utilization of NP/PAs in rheumatology can help address workforce challenges
Inform practices on issues to consider when adding an NP/PA
Webinar 2: Mentoring an NP/PA
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Describe how rheumatologists should set up the on-boarding of an APC into their practice
Recognize the importance of having the APC shadow the rheumatologist as part of the on-boarding and mentoring process
Outline the transition of APC from new hire to independent rheumatology provider
Understand the importance of ongoing learning for an APC in rheumatology
Webinar 3: NP/PA Evaluation and Feedback
Upon completion of this activity, participants should be able to:
Define and contrast feedback and evaluation in the setting of clinical practice with a NP and PA
Discuss the types of feedback appropriate to rheumatology NPs and PAs at different stages of their onboarding and clinical practice career
Discuss the evaluation process for rheumatology NPs and PAs: initial, periodic, annual
Price
$50
Credit Information
This activity is not eligible for credit.
Acknowledgement of Commercial Support
No commercial support was provided for this activity.
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As part of the ARP’s NP/PA Onboarding webinar series, this webinar will focus on mentoring. Items discussed include different styles and how to tailor them to individual offices, as well as how to avoid any potential pitfalls that come with mentorship. Join in and listen to this 60-minute webinar as Donald E. Thomas, Jr., MD, FACP, FACR and Chikako Riester, CRNP from Arthritis and Pain Associates of PG County for a discussion of these topics and more.
As part of the ARP’s NP/PA Onboarding webinar series, this webinar will focus on evaluation and feedback. The discussion will be based around determining the methods of evaluation and assessment in PA and NP performance in rheumatology. Join in and listen to this 30-minute webinar as Robert Ettlinger, MD and Neil Moody, PA-C discuss these topics and more.
This live webinar is intended to highlight the roles of NP/PAs, address the increasing need for these additional advanced practice providers and help answer the question for many practices that are considering hiring a qualified NP/PA. Join in and listen to this 30-minute interview style webinar as Daphne Scaramangas-Plumley, MD and Bryant Uy, PA-C openly discuss these views from inside their rheumatology medical practice.