This session is designed to help preceptors effectively integrate PA students into clinical settings without disrupting workflow. This session covers the role and expectations of preceptors, strategies for efficient student onboarding, and clinical teaching techniques that enhance student learning while maintaining practice efficiency. By the end of the session, attendees will gain practical tools to streamline precepting while fostering a productive learning environment that benefits both students and preceptors.

Cognitive bias is pervasive in clinical practice and is implicated in hundreds of thousands of medical errors in the United States annually. Cognitive biases, or heuristics, are mental shortcuts that impact medical decision-making. This presentation is designed to help PAs reduce misdiagnosis by recognizing and limiting the effects of cognitive errors in clinical practice. Attendees will learn about the errors our minds make when evaluating patients, analyze how errors may have contributed to problems in past cases, discover methods to decrease cognitive error and misdiagnosis in our practice, and apply this knowledge and skill to future encounters. In both the main presentation and interactive case reviews, attendees will identify cognitive contributors to misdiagnosis and form an appropriate preventive response for use in future patient care.

DPC is revolutionizing primary care by restoring patient-centered medicine while eliminating administrative burdens. PAs were originally established to address physician shortages, and today, we can continue to lead in bridging the care gap in North Carolina. This session will explore the foundations of DPC, the practical steps to start a practice, and the impact PAs can have in reshaping healthcare accessibility.

As title suggests I will review new and changed laws and regulations that affect our practice. We will also review pertinent laws and regulations to educate PAs and NPs.

Mastering Medical Decision Making (MDM) Documentation provides clinicians with the tools to effectively document and code MDM. The presentation covers critical components, common ambiguities, and real-world coding scenarios, offering practical strategies to enhance documentation clarity, minimize audit risks, and align with guidelines for accurate coding.