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Renew Your Membership Today!
It's time to renew your membership for the 2009-2010 membership year. You can renew on-line or download a printable membership application.

Membership dues will increase to $40.00 effective November 1, 2009 so hurry and join now at the current rate of $30 while you still can!

Please know your Board of Directors is working hard on your behalf.

Thank you again for your support.
Board of Directors SPAR

SPAR at ACR
SPAR is planning on a floor exhibit in Philadelphia on the 19th and 20th of October, 2009. Please stop by and meet your fellow rheumatology PAs. If you have not joined please fill out an application. Talk with your fellow rheumatology PAs. Find out the latest salary data, employer benefits, where we practice and what we do for procedures.

See you in Philadelphia!

The Association of Family Practice PAs and SPAR co-hosted an exhibit table at the San Diego Convention Center during the AAPA annual conference.

SPAR had two successful events:

SPAR CME/Reception held Sunday, May 24th, 7:30 pm - 9:00 pm
SPAR Business meeting held Tuesday, May 26th, 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Many PAs from our specialty came by to look over our salary data, read our Newsletter and just discuss our commonality in rheumatology. We are planning to be at the ACR in Philadelphia this fall so mark your calendar and stay tuned for more information!

Salary Data
The 2008 Census report for rheumatology PAs has been drafted. Find out what rheumatology PAs are making for salary, if they are taking call, and what kind of procedures they are doing.

Compare salaries to Internal Medicine PAs across the country. Compare the mean with the Standard deviation and find out the range of salaries from the national AAPA census.

What is the mean age and the sex of practicing PAs in rheumatology? For the specifics, please go to the Professional Practice tab for this informative report.

ACR/ARHP Annual Conference in October

Join us in San Francisco, California for the ACR/ARHP annual meeting October 24-29, 2008.

SPAR is planning an evening get together at the ACR/ARHP meeting in San Francisco. Members of SPAR are invitied on Monday, October 27th at 6:30 PM to dinner. The restaurant is called the Kokkari and is located at 200 Jackson St (Front Street). San Francisco, California.

Please RSVP to Rick Pope, SPAR President at pop5rjhjc@aol.com. We can accept the first 10 who sign up but that is our limit so please let us know as soon as you can. No transportation is provided. Please call me on my cell phone if you should have any questions 203-217-3559. See you there!

SPAR members

Time to renew your membership for the 2008-2009 membership year. You should be receiving a renewal notice via e-mail. You can also access our on-line or print applications at Membership. Your membership and involvement in SPAR is integral to our success.

Beta Testers Needed

The ARHP is looking for people in the field of rheumatology to test the Modules which have been developed by the steering committee. This testing is somewhat time sensitive as there has been a delay in the roll out of these modules. PAs in Rheumatology, and especially SPAR members, have been asked to volunteer to help with this project. I think this is a great opportunity for us to help out. If you are interested in helping out please contact:

Oatisc@arcadia.edu

Carol A. Oatis, PT, PhD
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
Arcadia University
450 S. Easton Rd.
Glenside, PA 19038
Phone: 215/572-2953
Fax: 215/572-2157