Every year from October 6-12, we celebrate National PA Week, which recognizes the PA profession and its contributions to the nation’s health.

This PA Week is especially significant as it falls during a global pandemic. PAs have stepped up in major ways, including serving on the frontlines of the COVID-19 response. Whatever your specialty or setting, you have put your health at risk every day to care for your patients.

During this challenging time, PAs have not only proven themselves as flexible, adaptable, and collaborative – but also ESSENTIAL. Essential to healthcare. Essential to patients.

Below you will find a theme for each day of PA Week with calls to action to show your PA pride! Here you will find the tools and messages to help share your story, celebrate your fellow PAs, get involved in grassroots advocacy, help spread important health messages, and more.

Access our PA Week 2020 Media Guide, developed specifically to help you share this important public health information and to help you talk with your local media.

Follow AAPA on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram to see all of the PA Week celebrations around the country. Update your Facebook profile image with this overlay. Use hashtags #PAweek and #PAsAreEssential to join the conversation!