Specialty certification and clinical flexibility

Eric D Peterson¹, Sobia Shariff Hussaini, Melissa Murfin+6

• ¹Eric D. Peterson is senior director of education and quality at the American Academy of PAs in Alexandria, Va. Sobia Shariff Hussaini is an assistant professor and director of academic practice partnerships in the PA program at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. Melissa Murfin is chair and program director of the PA program at Elon (N.C.) University. Benjamin J. Smith is director of didactic education in the PA program at Florida State University in Tallahassee and practices rheumatology at McIntosh Clinic in Thomasville, Ga. Maura Polansky is chair and associate professor of the PA program at George Washington University in Washington, D.C. Amy M. Klingler practices at the Salmon River Clinic in Stanley, Idaho. Phyllis R. Peterson is president of the Association of PAs in Psychiatry. Jane Mast practices dermatology at Brevard Medical Dermatology in Merritt Island, Fla., and is president of the Society of Dermatology Physician Assistants. Karen A. Wright is director of the PA program at George Washington University and the university's assistant dean for student life and academic support for health sciences. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.