Trends in state and national professional practice compliance among PAs, 2018-2020

Jason Lincoln1, Gerald Kayingo, James F Cawley

  • 1Jason Lincoln practices in emergency medicine and is lead PA at Meritus Medical Center in Hagerstown, Md. Gerald Kayingo is executive director, professor, and assistant dean at the PA Leadership and Learning Academy (PALLA) at the University of Maryland Baltimore. James F. Cawley is a scholar in residence and visiting professor at PALLA, a professor of PA practice at Florida State University in Tallahassee, and professor emeritus at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C. The authors have disclosed no potential conflicts of interest, financial or otherwise.

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