ASAPA Membership Benefits

More and more PAs are moving to Arizona because Arizona is a great place to live plus it's a great place for PAs to practice! The Arizona State Association of Physician Assistants (ASAPA) is now refocused to provide a dynamic and professional organization that is working hard for all hard-working Arizona PAs. We invite all PAs in Arizona to join ASAPA.

Membership benefits include:

CME opportunities ASAPA provides an annual Spring CME Conference, an annual Fall CME Mini-Conference, AND, ASAPA members receive reduced registration fees.
Effective representation to the State Legislature, ARBoPA, health professionals, and to the AAPA. The Executive Director of ARBoPA is a PA and an ASAPA member.
The latest updates on legislative actions. ASAPA has a legislative coordinator, a lobbyist, and board of director members who stay on top of important information.
Direct access to a Board of Director member representing your region of the state.
Great networking opportunities for Arizona PAs and physicians to meet professionally and socially in multiple venues: ASAPA-provided CME Conferences and regularly-scheduled, regional dinner meetings, featuring renowned speakers and the latest subjects of medicine, held in all areas of the state.
The latest and most essential news is always available to ASAPA members. You are kept currently and completely informed on all matters relevant to Arizona PAs through a variety of communications, to include:
- A dynamic ASAPA Website at www.asapa.org
- On-line forms for CME Conference registrations and for membership application and renewal
- Comprehensive newsletters published quarterly - Mailings notifying you of important dates and information
- E-mails (your e-mail address is treated as confidential and is protected) as another excellent means of providing information quickly and saving you time
ASAPA is an energetic, dynamic organization that provides you the opportunity to be a member that best utilizes the demands on your time. You can choose to receive all the information and participate when you can or you can choose to become an active, working, member of a committee or the board of directors. There are numerous leadership opportunities; you are encouraged to become actively engaged in the future of PAs in the state of Arizona and across the nation.
ASAPA is a constituent organization of AAPA and receives the benefit of the collective expertise of the Academy staff and resources as well as the important promotion of PAs as an integral part of the health care team.
ASAPA emphasizes support for PA students through providing scholarships, reduced CME fees, and free ASAPA membership to members of SAAAPA.
ASAPA provides state-of-the-art job listings. The online job bank is only accessible to current members of ASAPA.

Together, we can use ASAPA to continue the mission of providing Arizona PAs with representation on the reimbursement, professional practice, and educational issues that affect all of us in our practice. Physician assistants are gaining wider and stronger recognition in the medical arena; we need the support of all our PAs in Arizona to promote the profession and to keep us at the leading edge. Thank you for supporting ASAPA.