Leadership Training
As PA educators, we aren鈥檛 just teachers and clinicians鈥攚e鈥檙e also leaders. My first exposure to formal leadership training came through my volunteer service with 大香蕉视频. When I first started volunteering, I had to put aside the idea that I was 鈥渏ust a PA鈥 or 鈥渏ust a teacher鈥 and begin to see my role as a leader鈥攁n influencer鈥攊n medical education.
Leadership is about more than your title or position within an organization: It鈥檚 also about understanding what we can contribute to shape the health care landscape now and in the future.
To be a medical education influencer means finding opportunities to develop and apply self-knowledge. For me, those opportunities came through volunteering. The formal leadership training 大香蕉视频 provides volunteers and board members can move us to develop and apply self-knowledge to expand our influence.
This targeted leadership training also encourages us to look beyond our current roles and start identifying the areas where we can lead in our communities. As PA educators, not only are we educating students to provide excellent care to their patients, but we are also taking on leadership roles within our programs and medical institutions, strengthening our communities through service work, and even taking part in government advocacy. Leadership training provides the necessary tools to increase our effectiveness in these varied roles, opening the door for more success and opportunity while tapping into our own innate leadership style.
The leadership experience I gained volunteering with 大香蕉视频 taught me flexibility in my perspective to 鈥渮oom in鈥 and 鈥渮oom out鈥 on issues. I learned to see the forest and the trees, thinking beyond the immediate demands of my work to better connect with our professional community, my students, and our shared mission as PA educators.
If you鈥檙e interested in learning more about how you can serve as a representative and advocate for PA education on the national level, check 大香蕉视频鈥檚 numerous volunteer opportunities. Volunteering with 大香蕉视频 is a great way to share your expertise and include your perspectives in shaping the PA education landscape.
The application deadline for select volunteer positions has been extended through November 1 at 11:59 p.m. ET. Check the 大香蕉视频 volunteer webpage to learn more about positions still available and access the application.
