Jim F. Cawley, MPH, PA-C

Director of PA/MPH Program

Faculty Appointment:
Professor of Health Care Sciences
Professor of Prevention and Community Health
Professor of Epidemiology

Home State: Pennsylvania

Present Residence: Lutherville, Maryland

PA Program Attended/ Year of Graduation: Touro College Physician Assistant Program. 1974

Pre-Program Medical Experience: Orderly, 3 years

Experience:

PA Program Faculty, Johns Hopkins University
PA Program, Instructor, SUNY @ Stony Brook
PA Program Instructor, Yale University

Special Clinical Interest:

Epidemiology of infectious disease, public health, health workforce policy, health policy

Current Professional Activities:

Executive Committee, GWU Medical Center Faculty Senate
Commissioner, National Commission on Certification of PA's, 1997-2001
Executive Committee 1998-1999
Treasurer 1998-2000
Chairman, Research & Development Committee, NCCPA, 2000-2001
Association of Teachers of Preventive Medicine
Advisory Committee, Workforce Analysis Research Branch, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services
Member, Pew Health Professions Commission on Task Force on PAs and Managed Care, 1997-1999
PA Grant Award Review Committee, Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA, 1997-Present
Legislative Committee, Maryland Academy of Physician Assistants
Editor, Book Reviews, Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants

Publications/Research/Special Projects:

Cawley, JF, Jones, PE. Writing and Publishing. IN: Blessing, JD (Ed). Research Foundations in Physician Assistant Education. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2000.

Cawley, JF, Bork, C, Jarski, R. Research Methods. IN: Blessing, JD (Ed). Research Foundations in Physician Assistant Education. Philadelphia: F.A. Davis, 2000.

Cawley, JF. Prescriptive Authority and The Physician Assistant. IN: Edmunds, MW, Mayhew, MS (Eds). St. Louis: C.V. Mosby, 2000.

Cawley, JF, Andrews, M. Dewayne, Barnhill, GC, Webb, L., Hill IK. Physician Assistants: Practice Content Analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2000; 10:50-58.

Ballweg, R, Cawley, JF, Lary, M, Blessing, JD. Malpractice Issues. Physician Assistant, 2001; 25:47-55.

Cawley, JF. Where are the Physician Advocates of NPs and PAs? Clinician News, 2001; 5:12-13.

Cawley, JF, Simon, AF, Blessing, D, Link M. A National Survey of 1998 Physician Assistant Graduates. Perspectives on Physician Assistant Education, 2000; 11:12-7.

Donohue, T., Cawley, JF. Ehrlichiosis: A New and Emerging Infectious Disease. Physician Assistant, 2000; 24:17-25.

Dehn, R., Cawley, JF. Health Workforce Issues Facing Physician Assistants. Journal of the American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2000; 13:29-46.

Cawley, JF. Medical Work in 2000. Clinician News, 2000; 4:33.

Cawley, JF. Primary Care Turf Battle Heats Up: New Study May Intensify Conflict. Clinician News, 2000; 4:16.

Cawley, JF. What's Going On In Medical Publishing? Clinician News, 1999; 4:27.

Cawley, JF, Jones, PE. Nonphysician Clinicians in the Health Workforce: Reply to Cooper, et.al. JAMA 1999; 281:509-10.

Cawley, JF, Simon, AF, Blessing, JD, Link, M. Perceptions of Marketplace Demand: Results of a National Survey of 1997 Physician Assistant Graduates. Perspective on PA Education. 1998; 9(4):192-196.

Cawley, JF. Issues and Trends for Non-Physician Health Practitioners in the U.S. Health Care Workforce. New York Health Sciences Journal .1998; 2(2):117-127.

Cawley, JF. "What is the Marketplace Demand for Physician Assistants? A Look at Recent Employment Patterns of Physician Assistant Graduates, Final Report". Center for Health Workforce Information and Analysis. Office of Research and Planning, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration, Rockville, MD. Contract Number: 99-BHPr-A157128. July 27, 2000.

Dehn, R, Cawley, JF. First Place Award, Journal Article, American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2001.

Grant Reviewer, PA Educational Program Training Awards, Bureau of Primary Care, Health Resources and Services Administration, 2000, 2001.

Chairman, Research and Development Committee, National Commission on Certification of Physician Assistants, 2000-2001.

University Faculty Sentate.

Vice Chairman, Executive Committee, Medical Center Faculty Senate.

Chairman, SPHHS APT Committee.