Naval Association of Physician Assistants NAPA Blog: Recent News/Blog Posts

Volunteer needed at AAPA conference

Graham Danyleyko — Wed, 09 May 2012 16:01:57 GMT

Message from the President:

LCDR McKinnon from USPHS is looking for a motivated Navy PA attending our AAPA conference in Toronto to volunteer for the color guard team.

Message from LCDR McKinnon:

I strive to ensure that the Uniformed Services are well represented at the AAPA conference. I work close with the AAPA Staff and leadership to ensure that the opening ceremonies have a robust color guard.

Can you reach out to your members, who will be attending, and see if any are willing to volunteer. I try to have a practice Friday evening but will also run through the event Saturday Morning prior to the opening ceremony.

We also try to provide a color guard to the opening of the House of Delegates.

Thank you for your assistance.

mmckinnon5@gmail.com

Mark F. McKinnon, DHSc, PA-C

LCDR USPHS

Webmaster turnover--uh oh

Graham Danyleyko — Fri, 04 May 2012 03:12:29 GMT

I am now the proud owner of the NAPA website, standby for changes. Looking for any input to improve. Yes, Ron has given me the keys, and I am currently riding with training wheels. Happy to give Ron some help as he has done a great job setting this site up. More to follow, standing by, and lastly does anyone read this?

Graham

Ron Perry — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:12:17 GMT

April edition is posted in the Member's Section. You cannot "see" the member's Section unless you log in as a NAPA member at the upper right corner of home page. Log in, and enjoy this and past issues.

Start sending your suggestions/content to Jed Juachon for the June edition.

NAPA UPDATE

Ron Perry — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 22:09:42 GMT

BUMED NOTICE 1520 is out...dated 04 April 2012...provides info on applying for DUINS. The Navy PA community has five opportunities for some great training (3 ortho, 2 emergency med). Start working on your packages!

NAPA Navigator newsletter. Get your articles, stories, photos, announcements in ASAP. Send to our editor - Jed Juachon. Thanks!

AAPA Renewal. Don't forget to inform AAPA that you want NAPA listed as YOUR constituent organization. We need this done by each and every Navy PA...to ensure we keep our seats in the AAPA House of Delegates.

ACTION PHOTOS. Send your action shots to Kishla Askins. As you recall, she put together the PA Motivator a year or so ago. She wants to do another one with current pictures. Contribute to the cause!

Oh...don't forget to pay your NAPA dues. Only $30 per year!

NAPA WEBMASTER TURNOVER

Ron Perry — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 15:59:06 GMT

Effective today, I am turning the NAPA Webmaster position over to Graham Danyleyko. In 2010, I led a team to build this new site for our Navy PA community and have served as your Webmaster since then. I hope you have found the site to be useful, relevant, and current. It has been a lot of hard work and long hours to get us where we are now and I certainly appreciate your support and faith in me as we developed and launched the site two years ago. Special thanks to my fellow NAPA BOD members who have been instrumental to our ongoing success.

Our new Webmaster is eager to take over and has great ideas for further improvements. He shares my belief that this site needs to remain as a central place for ALL Navy PAs (active, reserve, retired, students) to refer to keep track of what is happening in our community.

I ask you all to support Graham Danyleyko in his efforts.

Together, we will continue to move NAPA forward.

Thank you.

Ron Perry, NAPA Past-President

SHARE YOUR STORIES - SUPPORT YOUR NAPA NEWSLETTER

Ron Perry — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 00:27:31 GMT

Our NAPA Navigator editor (Jed Juachon) would like to hear from you. Send him your stories, clinical articles, promotion and award pics, etc. We would like to get another issue together NLT 15 April. Thanks.

Fellowship Training - From Specialty Leader

Ron Perry — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 13:14:41 GMT

Just a reminder to contact the below to discuss Summer 2013 training fellowship opportunities this week if you haven’t done so already:

Orthopedic Fellowship:

LCDR Kerri Browne

Kerri.Browne@med.navy.mil <mailto:Kerri.Browne@med.navy.mil>

Emergency Medicine Fellowship:

LT Kishla Askins

kishla.askins@med.navy.mil <mailto:kishla.askins@med.navy.mil>

Anticipate DUINS Notice to be published soon.

CDR Dave Holder

Ron Perry — Thu, 16 Feb 2012 01:43:05 GMT

Feb 2012 issue is published and posted to NAPA site. Log in and view this great issue which is posted in the member's section. You can only view the member's section if you are a current member. Not a current member...you can take care of that while here at the NAPA site.

Your NAPA BOD wants to hear from you. Send in your ideas, stories, pictures, etc for the next issue. We plan to post the next issue on 15 April.

Thank you.

NAPA AWARDS!!!

Ron Perry — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 01:30:46 GMT

Get your completed NAPA Award Packages in to David Bachand NLT 01 April. We had 10 complete packages submitted last year and the competition was fierce. We handed out three awards at the annual NAPA meeting last year and hope to repeat again for 2012. Find out more at this site...click on "Awards Program."

UPDATE ON MSC VTC FOR 15 FEB

Ron Perry — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:42:24 GMT

Due to the memorial service for VADM James A. Zimble, MC, USN (Ret.), 30th

Surgeon General of the Navy, being held at Arlington Cemetery on 16 February,

all three of our MSC Director's Quarterly VTC's will be held on Wednesday, 15

February with start times of 0700, 1000, and 1800 EST. If no additional

action is taken, all sites that registered for the 0700 or 1000 start time on

16 February will be moved to the same start time on 15 February.

Registration was supposed to close today (1 February). I have attached a

spreadsheet with the registrations received (with duplicates removed). There

seems to be less registrations than normal, so I ask DFA's and OIC's to review

the spreadsheet to ensure your site has registered, and I ask Specialty

Leaders to please forward this e-mail to your community one last time. All

registrations, VTC or audio, must be made by COB this Friday, 3 February using

the link, https://nmo.med.navy.mil/vtc/Default.aspx. On 6 February a report

will be generated and forwarded to U.S. Army Medical Information Technology

Center (USAMITC), after which no new registrations will be processed.

In addition to updates from RDML Valentin, the Office of the Corps Chief,

detailers, Navy Recruiting Command, and MSC Community Manager, there will be a

presentation on promotion zones and a special report on FY13 MSC duty under

instruction opportunities. Additionally, our quarterly VTC's are a great

opportunity to interact with MSC's from your local area and around the globe.

Please make every effort to promote and participate in these VTC's.

Please do not hesitate to contact me regarding registration or the VTC's.

Very respectfully,

LCDR Eric A. Polonsky, MSC, USN, FACHE

Action Officer, Office of the Corps Chiefs

BUMED M00C

2300 E Street NW, BLDG 2, RM 2222

Washington, DC 20372-5300

Comm: (202) 762-3820

DSN: 762-3820

Blackberry: (202) 230-7194

Fax: (202) 762-3531

eric.polonsky@med.navy.mil

NAPA CALL FOR ELECTIONS!!!

Ron Perry — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 01:41:18 GMT

Are you looking for a tremendous leadership opportunity? Take the opportunity to make a difference in your community and profession. Fill a NAPA Leadership role, the following positions are open this year:

President - preside over all business meetings and function as head of NAPA, conduct all general business of behalf of the association, and authorize the expenditure of funds as required. (Two year commitment. One as
President-Elect then serves as President for one year).

Vice-President - The Vice-President shall assume the duties of the President in his/her absence and all other duties as directed by the President. Chair the NAPA Awards Committee. (2 year commitment).

Treasurer - maintain accurate financial records, collect annual dues from all members, deposit into the NAPA account all funds received. (2 year commitment).

Secretary - The Secretary shall keep minutes of all meetings of NAPA and shall conduct any correspondence as directed by the Board of Directors. (2 year commitment).

NAPA Directors - conduct all necessary business of the organization during the regularly scheduled meeting during the annual NAPA/AAPA conference. (2 year commitment).

The elected Director positions shall consist of:
- Board of Directors (Active Duty) = two seats
- Board of Directors (Reserve) = one seat
- Board of Directors (Retired) = one seat
- Board of Directors (Student) = one seat

Please find additional information at the "NAPA Leadership" tab @our website http://www.napasite.net/Position .

If you are a member who is interested in becoming more involved in NAPA activities, consider these other outstanding leadership opportunities:
. Membership Chair
. Website & Database Manager
. Historian
. Legislative and Professional Practice Chair
. CME Chairperson
. Student BOD Member
If your time is limited or you are more interested in short-term projects, consider the following:
. Write an article for The Navigator - NAPA's newsletter
. Provide ideas/suggestions for the NAPA website
. Identify non-dues revenue opportunities to support the organizations, CME development, etc.
. Recruit a member to join NAPA (or encourage a member to renew membership)

Nominations are being accepted now thru 01 March 2012 to our current Secretary/ NAPA Elections Chair, his email is stephen.e.rogers@usmc.mil . Once all nominations are in, we will vote 27 MAY 2012 during the NAPA General Membership Meeting/ Symposium at the AAPA Conference in Toronto this year. Hope to see you there!

UPCOMING NAPA ELECTIONS - RUN FOR OFFICE

Ron Perry — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 17:07:16 GMT

Tremendous leadership opportunities becoming available this year! We will need to fill the following positions: President-Elect, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Directors at Large for Active Duty (2), Retired, Reserves. Please find additional information at the "NAPA Leadership" tab on this website. Stephen Rogers (current Secretary) is also serving as the NAPA Elections Chair and his email is:

stephen.e.rogers@usmc.mil

OIC Positions - Two Navy PAs Selected!

Ron Perry — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 15:41:28 GMT

The Navy Officer In Charge (OIC) selection list was approved and released and we have two Navy PAs on the list! Heartfelt congratulations go out to LT Timothy Cruickshank and LCDR James Rueff. These are great leadership opportunities...consider putting in your packages.

MSC Videoteleconference

Ron Perry — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 02:14:49 GMT

RDML Valentin will be conducting the next quarterly Corps Chief's VTC's as follows:

Wednesday, 15 February 2012

West PAC: 1800-1900 EST, roll call at 1745 EST (+13 to Japan)

Thursday, 16 February 2012

East Coast: 0700-0800 EST, roll call at 0645 EST (+6 Europe) West Coast:

1000-1100 EST, roll call at 0945 EST (-3 West Coast)

Contact your local, fellow MSC Officers to find out where to join in your area. This is a great opportunity for you...hear what is going on throughout the MSC, directly from our Corps Chief.

Professional Development Pages Updated

Ron Perry — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 15:29:54 GMT

Click on Professional Development page to see updates, as well as the two other pages under it. Let me know what else you want posted here. Thanks.

Retroactive Requests for Incentive Pay & Retention Bonus For Navy PAs

Ron Perry — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 21:27:59 GMT

This applies to Navy PAs who have completed PA School since October 2008. The following is from CDR Holder:

ALL, Please send to any and everyone in the Navy PA community as email strings from my single point may miss some folks. This is important information that will impact pay in a positive sense for many who graduated after OCT 2008 and have been ineligible to date.

If this applies to you see your command administrative office for action or contact the Special Pays desk at BUMED immediately. Deadline is 31 JAN 2012 for these retroactive requests.

Multiple Website Updates

Ron Perry — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:18:21 GMT

Multiple updates posted today throughout the site. Let me know what you like...what you want added...or changed. As always, thanks for your support!

V/r,

Send your stories, articles, photos, announcements!

Ron Perry — Mon, 28 Nov 2011 14:00:29 GMT

We need to get another issue of The Navigator together for February. This is YOUR newsletter, and we want to include as much content from our members as possible. Let others hear from you...the great things you are doing out there. Others do want to hear. Share your knowledge, pearls of wisdom, clinical experiences with your community. We forward each edition to our MSC Corps Chief, RDML Valentin, and she does read them.

Send your input to our Editor, Jed Juachon @ juachonjj@hotmail.com.

Thank you.

Happy New Year!

Ron Perry — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 01:50:50 GMT

On behalf of the NAPA BOD, Happy New Year to you, family, friends, and Shipmates. Best wishes for a year full of good health, professional success, personal enrichment, and happiness. Thanks for your support.

V/r,

December 11 edition of The Navigator posted to site!

Ron Perry — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 03:08:06 GMT

Thank you.