HISTORY At the American Academy of Physician Assistants Convention in Los Angeles in May 1988 a group of postgraduate PA programs met to formalize a national postgraduate PA program organization. Bylaws were written and approved by the eight founding programs and the Association of Postgraduate Physician Assistant Programs (APPAP) was formed to further speciality education for PAs. Since that meeting, APPAP has gained the support of the American Academy of Physician Assistants (AAPA) and the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA). APPAP members work with AAPA and PAEA on mutual goals designed to expand the PA profession. PURPOSE AND GOALS APPAP’s bylaws broadly define the educational, professional, and informational purposes of APPAP: - To assist in the development and organization of postgraduate educational curricula and programs for PA’s. - To assist in defining the role of the physician assistant-especially in the specialities. - To assist in the development of evaluation methodologies for postgraduate educational curricula and programs. - To serve as an information center for PA’s, programs training PA’s at the entry level, other medical and health care disciplines and to the public with respect to postgraduate educational curricula and programs for PAs. APPAP’s business meetings are open to all PA students, educators, administrators, and health professionals interested in postgraduate PA education.