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2008
Resolutions
May
24-25, 2008– San Antonio, Texas
Resolution
2008-01
The
Student Academy resolves to continue to explore student intern and liaison
positions within the AAPA; specifically approaching the AAPA Board of
Directors about pursuing relationships with AAPA's Education Council,
AAPA's Conference Education Program Committee, and AAPA's Public Relations
Committee.
Status-CARRIED
Resolution
2008-02
The
Student Academy resolves to explore the possibility of the Student Academy
developing relationships with student nurse practitioners groups.
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Resolution
2008-03
The
Student Academy resolves to engage the AAPA in discussing the possibility
of holding a Student Academy Board of Directors' meeting at a PA program
or constituent organization location and via teleconference or e-communication
when funds become available in an effort to further increase student
participation in and understanding of the governance process.
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Resolution
2008-04
The
Student Academy resolves to foster the relationship between students
and their state chapters.
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Resolution
2008-05
The
Student Academy resolves to ask the AAPA to explore hosting a more environmentally
friendly conference.
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Resolution
2008-06
The
Student Academy resolves to thank the AAPA for helping support the philanthropic
outreach project at the Children's Shelter in San Antonio.
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Resolution
2008-07
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage the 2008-2009 Student Academy
Board of Directors to initiate communication with the Gay and Lesbian
Medical Association (GLMA) to create a new award to recognize a PA student
for exemplary achievement in advocating the inclusion of lesbian, gay,
bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) health issues or concerns within their
PA school and community.
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Resolution
2008-08
The
Student Academy resolves to communicate with AAPA's Constituent Relations
Committee (CRC) about student leadership opportunities within Specialty
Organizations, Caucasus, and Special Interest Groups.
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Resolution
2008-09
The
Student Academy resolves to adopt the following position statement:
The
Student Academy of the American Academy of Physician Assistants recognizes
and supports the AAPA's policy opposing treatments intended to alter
sexual orientation. Our opposition to psychiatric treatments directed
specifically at changing sexual orientation, such as “conversion” or
“reparative” therapy, is based on current evidence that homosexuality
is not a mental disorder and does not need treatment.
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Resolution
2008-10
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage students to seek out international
medicine opportunities.
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Resolution
2008-11
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage PA students to research opportunities
with volunteer organizations so upon graduation the individual can immediately
volunteer through volunteer registration systems with such organizations
as Emergency System for Advanced Registration of Volunteer Health Professionals
(ESAR-VHP) or with volunteer organizations, such as the Medical Reserve
Corps (MRC), for the purpose of providing service in the time of natural
disasters or state emergencies.
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Resolution
2008-12
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage PA students to support the development
of laws and policies such as license reciprocity and civil liability
protections that encourage physician assistants to volunteer services
during disasters.
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Resolution
2008-13
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage PA students through appropriate
relief organization s to provide provisions of food, medicine,
and medical equipment to individuals impacted or threatened by natural
disaster or military conflict.
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Resolution
2008-15
The
Student Academy resolves to strengthen its efforts to educate health
profession advisors at academic institutions about the PA profession.
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Resolution
2008-16
The
Student Academy resolves to recommend to the AAPA that they consider
forming an ad hoc committee to investigate the current financial costs
and potential savings to the AAPA by developing more environmentally
friendly delivery systems for dissemination of information and potentially
create policy directed at being more environmentally friendly.
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Resolution
2008-19
The
Student Academy resolves that the Student Academy Board of Directors
should encourage AAPA to develop policy regarding the HPV vaccination
in women and support continued investigation in the efficacy of the
vaccine in men.
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Resolution
2008-20
The
Student Academy resolves that the 2008 Assembly of Representatives adopt
the following statement as a position statement:
Whereas
the world of health care can be complex and at times confusing for patients
and
Whereas
the Student Academy believes it is and should always be clear that the
health care team is a physician-led team.
We,
resolve that the title of doctor should be reserved in the clinical
medicine setting in reference to physicians.
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Resolution
2008-21
The
Student Academy resolves that the Student Academy Board of Directors
increase their efforts to establish communication and collaboration
with professional student organizations that represent all types of
social and ethnic groups.
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Resolution
2008-22
The
Student Academy resolves that PA students be encouraged to become certified
in Basic and Core Disaster Life support with the option of becoming
certified in Advanced Disaster Life Support in order to be adequately
trained for national disasters and/or state emergencies to provide leadership
and professional support in such situations.
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Resolution
2008-23
The
Student Academy resolves to adopt the following position statement:
Whereas
the PA profession was conceived as a way to efficiently train dependent
practitioners to meet critical health care needs and,
Whereas
increasing the initial training requirements beyond current levels and
could adversely affect the profession's ability to achieve the above
mission and,
Whereas
there is currently no evidence to show improved patient outcomes with
higher entry-level degrees.
We
resolve that the Student Academy opposes any effort to provide doctoral
degrees as an entry-level PA degree.
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Resolution
2008-24
The
Student Academy resolves that the Student Academy Board of Directors
investigate physician assistant (PA) and PA student related internet
forums and furthermore recommend appropriate forums to student societies
in the hopes of fostering greater communication and sharing of ideas
for PA students nationwide. Status-CARRIED
Resolution
2008-26
The
Student Academy resolves to supports the American Association of Medical
Colleges (AAMC) preliminary recommendations that all Academic Health
Centers should ban all gifts from pharmaceutical industry representatives,
including food. The Student Academy supports the American Medical Student
Association (AMSA) PHARM Free initiative and believes bias information
has no place in PA or medical education. We need to protect future physician
assistants by cooperating with the PAEA and AAPA, to develop a firewall
that governs personal contact between industry representatives and students.
Such a policy would foster public trust that Physician Assistants receive
unbiased education and will offer the best treatment options to patients.
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Resolution
2008-27
The
Student Academy resolves that the Student
Academy Board of Director actively supports the AAPA's Principle for
Health Care Reform of access to quality, affordable, and cost effective
health care for all.
Status-CARRIED
Resolution
2008-28
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage the AAPA to support efforts to
establish the practice of PAs in all U.S. territories.
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Failed
Resolutions:
Resolution
2008-14
The
Student Academy resolves to encourage PA students to ask appropriate
national and international health organizations to monitor the status
of medical care, medical education, and treatment of medical personnel
in countries where individuals are impacted or threatened by natural
disaster or military conflict, to inform the world health community
of their findings, and to encourage efforts to ameliorate these problems.
Status-FAILED
Resolutions
2008-17
The
Student Academy resolves to ask the AAPA to consider adopting a policy
directed at the expulsion of any member found in violation of the AAPA
Human Rights Policy HX-4100.1.8 as described in HX-4100.1.9 in the AAPA
Policy Manual.
Status-FAILED
Resolution
2008-18
The
Student Academy resolves to consider developing an area on its Web site
that is a forum for members to share information and ideas. The forum
is an ongoing collaboration open to all AAPA student members.
Status-FAILED
Resolution
2008-25
The
Student Academy resolves that the Student Academy encourage the AAPA
to ask appropriate national and international health organizations to
monitor the status and safety of medical personnel in countries where
individuals are impacted or threatened by natural disaster or military
conflict.
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