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EnglishWhat Continuing Education (CME) and Conference Options Does AAPA Offer?
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AAPA offers continuing medical education through two main channels: live conferences and on-demand (recorded) courses. Live options include the annual AAPA Conference, the Leadership and Advocacy Summit, We Are Family (Medicine), Psych Congress, and the PA Institute. On-demand options include the AAPA Conference on Demand, Boot Camp on Demand, Galaxy on Demand, Family Medicine on Demand, and the Leadership and Advocacy Summit on Demand. The site also provides a CME calendar and a conference certificate portal. These options are aimed at physician associates and students who need CME credit or want to keep up with their specialty.
Live Conferences and Events
AAPA's events section lists several in-person meetings. Based on the site's navigation, the main ones are:
| Event | Focus (as presented on the site) |
|---|---|
| AAPA Conference | The association's flagship annual conference |
| Leadership and Advocacy Summit | Leadership and advocacy |
| We Are Family (Medicine) | Family medicine |
| Psych Congress | Psychiatry/behavioral health |
| PA Institute | Listed alongside the other conferences |
The homepage also highlights specific programming, such as "Top 5 CME Sessions" and "New! Hospital Medicine Sessions," which indicates that conference content is organized into topic tracks, including hospital medicine.
On-Demand CME
If you cannot attend in person, AAPA offers recorded versions of its major programs. The site lists:
- AAPA Conference on Demand
- Boot Camp on Demand
- Galaxy on Demand
- Leadership and Advocacy Summit on Demand
- Family Medicine on Demand
These are grouped under a "See All CME on Demand" link, so you can browse the full catalog in one place. On-demand formats are the practical choice when your schedule does not match a live event date or when you want to revisit sessions from a conference you missed.
Finding CME and Managing Certificates
Two tools support the education offerings:
- CME Calendar — a central listing to check upcoming CME activities and dates.
- Conference Certificate Portal — where you access certificates for conference participation, which you typically need to claim credit.
The site also notes that it performs scheduled maintenance (for example, Sunday, October 26, 12:00 a.m.–5:00 a.m. Eastern Time), during which login, purchases, and some information access may be affected. Plan certificate retrieval and registrations around such windows.
How to Choose
- Want live networking and the broadest program: the AAPA Conference.
- Focused on a specialty: We Are Family (Medicine), Psych Congress, or the Hospital Medicine sessions.
- Leadership or advocacy interest: the Leadership and Advocacy Summit (live or on demand).
- Schedule conflicts or prefer self-paced learning: any of the On Demand offerings.
- Need to confirm dates or claim credit: start with the CME Calendar and the Conference Certificate Portal.
Membership and registration details, including any costs, are handled through AAPA's join and purchase pages; the site does not state pricing on the pages referenced here, so check those pages directly before registering.