The ability of nurse practitioners and physician assistants to become full voting members of AMDA won’t change anything for Erin Brooks, PA-C, who has been a Society member for years and thinks of her fellow members as colleagues. However, she hopes it will encourage other PAs, as well as NPs, to get involved in an organization that she considers her professional community. “AMDA has always felt like a community to me. The physicians and other members are always welcoming at the annual meetings, and I always get good information on clinical and regulatory topics,” said Brooks. She added, “The publications— JAMDA and Caring —are always cutting edge in terms of what’s new, current, and important to us as practitioners.”
