Each year, IAPA surveys Indiana PAs to understand your top concerns, priorities, and experiences. Your input directly guides our legislative and advocacy agenda. This survey should take less than 10 minutes, and your responses will remain confidential.
Section 1: Basic Information

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* 1. Are you a:

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* 2. How long have you practiced (or trained) in Indiana?

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* 3. What is your home zip code? Note: ZIP code data will only be used in aggregate to identify geographic trends — never individually.

Section 2: Career Experience & Retention

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* 4. How satisfied are you with your career as a PA in Indiana?
1 = Very dissatisfied → 5 = Very satisfied

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* 5. Did you find it difficult to obtain employment as a PA in Indiana?

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* 6. Do you feel your salary is commensurate with your experience and specialty?

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* 7. What was the determining factor in choosing or maintaining your career in Indiana? Select all that apply.

Section 3: Practice Environment & Policy

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* 8. How important is it for IAPA to increase public awareness of the PA profession in Indiana?

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* 9. In your experience, do you believe Nurse Practitioners (NPs) are preferentially hired over PAs in your practice setting or region?

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* 10. What do you believe are the biggest barriers to PA hiring in our state? Please select up to 3.

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* 11. How important is it for PAs in Indiana to be eligible for direct reimbursement from commercial insurers (not only through employers)?

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* 12. In Indiana, do you support the AAPA initiative for a title change (“Physician Assistant” → “Physician Associate”)?

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* 13. Please rank the following legislative priorities in order of importance (1 = most important, 6 = least important):

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* 14. If you think there is a legislative priority not listed above, please share it here.

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* 15. Do you support the AAPA initiative for Optimal Team Practice (OTP) in Indiana?

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* 16. To your knowledge, does your collaborating physician (MD/DO) receive a monetary stipend for collaboration with PAs and/or NPs?

Section 4: Advocacy & Engagement

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* 17. Would you be willing to support PA advocacy efforts in Indiana (e.g., volunteer, make calls, write letters)?

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* 18. What types of CME/Networking do you most value? Please rank according to value (1= most valuable, 3= least valuable)

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* 19. If there are other types of CME/Networking that you value not listed above, please share with us.

Section 5: Closing

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* 20. Is there any additional feedback you would like to share with IAPA?

Thank you for completing the survey! To show our gratitude, we invite you to use code IAPA2026 for 20% off our 2026 Virtual Spring CME event. Earn up to 7 AAPA Category 1 CME credits (pending accreditation). Registration opening soon!

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