MAPA Podcast

About MAPA Podcast

Listen to the Minnesota Academy of Physician Associates podcast, which is made by MN PAs for MN PAs.

Publisher

Minnesota Academy of Physician Associates (MAPA)

Category

health & fitness

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

26 Jun 2021

Latest episode

10 Mar 2026

Latest episodes

50 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   10 Mar 2026

   Inside the Augsburg PA Graduate Fellowship: Mentorship, Teaching, and Launching a Career

   Host: Bev Kimball Guests: Alexis Myhre, PA-C Augsburg PA Program graduate and current Augsburg Graduate Fellow. Alexis recently began her career with Minnesota Epilepsy Group. Jenny Nyflot, PA-C ENT Physician Assistant at HealthPartners St. Paul Otolaryngology and former Augsburg Graduate Fellow. Madie Vranyes, PA-C Emergency Department Fellow at Regions Hospital and former Augsburg Graduate Fellow. Episode Summary: In this episode of the MAPA Podcast, host Bev Kimball welcomes three recent g...

2. 

   29 Jan 2026

   PA Pulse with MAPA - 1st Quarter 2026

   In the inaugural episode of PA Pulse with MAPA, hosts Joe Frye and Faith Dammann Schlicht, PA-C, introduce listeners to MAPA’s new quarterly podcast designed to keep Minnesota PAs informed, engaged, and connected. Faith shares her background as a practicing PA in Minnesota and MAPA Social Media Marketing Committee member, and together they outline what listeners can expect from the podcast, timely updates, advocacy news, upcoming events, and ways to get involved. The episode dives into PA Day...

3. 

   10 Jan 2026

   2025 MAPA Award Recipients

   Host: Josh Loew, PA-C, MPAS Guests: Ashley Vitale, DHSc, PA-C, CPAAPA and Natalie Trueman, PA-C In this special episode of the MAPA Podcast, host Josh Loew, PA-C sits down with Ashley Vitale, DHSc, PA-C, CPAAPA, recipient of MAPA’s 2025 Preceptor of the Year Award. Ashley shares her journey as a surgical PA with Mayo Clinic Health System in Mankato and reflects on nearly two decades of mentoring PA students. The conversation explores why precepting is essential to the futur...

Who has been a guest on MAPA Podcast

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Adam Weber
• Jay Minton
• Gay Lentfer

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

7 ratings

Spotify

4.0 / 5

4 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 27 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

30

Social presence

0

YouTube

0

Engagement

60

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Guest appearances

Books guests

Based on episode analysis; this does not confirm that the show is currently accepting guests.