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Faculty & Membership Committee
The Faculty and Membership Committee of IAPAE is composed of volunteer members who oversee the IAPAE community of practice of faculty members. The Committee structures the IAPAE membership benefits, fees, terms and administration process. The Committee promotes recognition and involvement from all PA/PA Analogue educators and education programs.
Committee Terms of Reference
- Promote participation, collaboration and networking opportunities
- Design and incorporate membership benefits within the website
- Develop and maintain membership database
Committee Objectives
- Create comprehensive, functional membership database; map out all PA programs
- Collaborate with the Communication and other committees on marketing campaigns to increase membership
- Update membership rates, benefits
- Find each country’s IAPAE “champion” and consider appointing program level leaders to talk about IAPAE to other faculty in recruitment efforts
Chairperson and details
Laura Juarez
IAPAE - Chair of the Faculty Membership Committee
Profession: Surgical Physician Associate
Country: Puerto Rico
Email:Â info@iapae.org
Laura Juarez is a professor and practicing surgical physician associate/asociado médico based in Puerto Rico. She earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies and a Master of Public Health from the University of Utah. She is a lecturer and accreditation consultant for Touro University and will graduate this summer with a Doctorate of PA Studies.
Laura has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of PA education and the asociado médico profession in Puerto Rico, co-founding and serving as President of the first chapter for PAs in Puerto Rico under the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), serving as the inaugural Academic Coordinator for the first PA program in Puerto Rico at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine and co-authoring a PA practice act and House of Delegates resolution.Â
Through the lens of public health, she views PA education as a way to reduce health disparities and increase access to care while establishing a sustainable health workforce. Laura is involved in international healthcare initiatives, participating in medical trips to underserved regions of Haiti, India, Thailand, and Myanmar. Her dedication to delivering exceptional and evidence-based patient care embodies IAPAE’s ethos of global engagement and service.Â
Committee Terms of Reference
- Promote participation, collaboration and networking opportunities
- Design and incorporate membership benefits within the website
- Develop and maintain membership database
Committee Objectives
- Create comprehensive, functional membership database; map out all PA programs
- Collaborate with the Communication and other committees on marketing campaigns to increase membership
- Update membership rates, benefits
- Find each country’s IAPAE “champion” and consider appointing program level leaders to talk about IAPAE to other faculty in recruitment efforts
Chairperson and details
Laura Juarez
IAPAE - Chair of the Faculty Membership Committee
Profession: Surgical Physician Associate
Country: Puerto Rico
Email:Â info@iapae.org
Laura Juarez is a professor and practicing surgical physician associate/asociado médico based in Puerto Rico. She earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies and a Master of Public Health from the University of Utah. She is a lecturer and accreditation consultant for Touro University and will graduate this summer with a Doctorate of PA Studies.
Laura has been instrumental in shaping the landscape of PA education and the asociado médico profession in Puerto Rico, co-founding and serving as President of the first chapter for PAs in Puerto Rico under the American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA), serving as the inaugural Academic Coordinator for the first PA program in Puerto Rico at San Juan Bautista School of Medicine and co-authoring a PA practice act and House of Delegates resolution.Â
Through the lens of public health, she views PA education as a way to reduce health disparities and increase access to care while establishing a sustainable health workforce. Laura is involved in international healthcare initiatives, participating in medical trips to underserved regions of Haiti, India, Thailand, and Myanmar. Her dedication to delivering exceptional and evidence-based patient care embodies IAPAE’s ethos of global engagement and service.Â