Become an SDPA State Affiliate
What is an SDPA State Affiliate?
An SDPA state affiliate is an independent state dermatology physician assistant (PA) organization. Affiliate groups provide value to their own members as well as valuable information and insight about the dermatology specialty in their state and to SDPA membership and leadership.
Affiliates are not chartered and not chapters of the SDPA, although they are valuable to SDPA's nationwide efforts and ensure the Society has the maximum knowledge and understanding of issues affecting dermatology PAs in each state. Most importantly, affiliates strengthen the PA profession through their connections to their medical and professional counterparts in each respective state.
Why become an affiliate?
The SDPA's network of state affiliates makes it possible to have strong support and recognition on a national level. Legislators want to hear from locals and having a state affiliate will make you heard! Your affiliate will support DermPAs in your state on key state-specific matters and local concerns. Through the SDPA State Affiliate agreement, your group will also help the national SDPA better reach and support your state members. Finally, it gives you the opportunity to provide education, news, events, and other information and benefits to working dermatology professionals in your local area.
Forming a new SDPA affiliate group may seem daunting, but it’s not outside of your reach. To make the process as approachable as possible the SDPA has developed an informational toolkit with suggestions on how to form an affiliate organization. You can view the State Affiliate toolkit here. This toolkit will be updated on a rolling basis and as needed to provide state affilates with the most up-to-date and detailed information about how to get started.
Ready to get started?
Now that you have read through the toolkit and are ready to get your organization off the ground, email us at membership@dermpa.org to let us know of your interest. Please be prepared to complete an application form to submit your new state affiliate to the SDPA Board for review and consideration.
Questions?
Email us at membership@dermpa.org.
SDPA State Ambassadors
For more information on SDPA State Ambassadors, visit this page.