THE ACADEMY OF PHYSICIAN ASSOCIATES IN LEGAL MEDICINE
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AAPA Conference 2025 Social Event
🎉 Join Us at the AAPA Conference 2025 Social Event! 🎉
Get ready for a night of great company, delicious food, and refreshing drinks at the AAPA Conference 2025!
May 18, 2025 at The Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery, 7:30 – 10:00 pm
P.S. Before heading to the social event, join us for a meetup at the conference center from 5:00 – 6:00 PM! A great chance to connect before the festivities begin.
WHO WE ARE…
APALM is a special interest group of the Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) and is open to all AAPA members. Through this website and our academy, we hope to offer information, education and resources to our profession, and to the legal and medical communities.
Our Mission Statement
The mission of the Academy of Physician Associates in Legal Medicine is to provide education on malpractice liability and risk management to AAPA members and the medical community with an emphasis on the provision of safe medical care for all patients.
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Becoming A Member
Our mission is to educate fellow PAs, those in the legal profession and the public on what constitutes the PA Standard of Care, and to help providers avoid making errors in clinical judgment that do not meet those standards. All members of APALM adhere to the Ethical Guidelines established by the AAPA House of Delegates concerning PAs who provide testimony on PA Standards of Care.
EXPERTISE, EDUCATION and RESOURCES for AAPA MEMBERS and to the LEGAL AND MEDICAL COMMUNITIES.
Find an Expert
APALM has 150+ members, many of whom provide medical-legal consulting and expert witness services to attorneys and other legal organizations.
Become an APALM Member
APALM encourages all AAPA members with an interest in legal medicine to become an APALM Fellow member. Annual membership dues are $50.
Request a Presentation
APALM provides risk management presentations to PA programs and insurance organizations throughout the country.
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We encourage you to join us as a Fellow member. Your annual membership includes access to our ongoing communications emails and articles as well as educational materials and lectures on PA scope of practice standards and research on PA malpractice. You have the opportunity to be part of a community including the most well-informed PAs in the country on medical-legal issues and the opportunity to be contacted and listed as an expert witness to testify on PA standards of care. Note that you must first be a member of the AAPA in order to be a member of APALM.Â