The Texas Chapter of Orthopaedic Physician’s Assistants (TCOPA) is an organization for physician's assistants who specialize in Orthopaedics. Established in 2003, TCOPA’s goal is to unite Texas OPA-C’s and other Orthopedic Allied Health Professionals to pursue common goals of professional excellence through training, networking and information sharing on best practices, and successful certification and licensure. Generally, TCOPA members are employed by a Board-certified Orthopaedic surgeon or by an Orthopaedic facility.
The executive board for TCOPA is very proactive in Texas and at the national level. There are a lot of things happening for OPA’s in the state and at a national level and we would like to personally invite you to take part in these future opportunities. We are currently accepting applications for membership from Health Care Professionals who are involved in Orthopedics and are interested in bettering themselves as well as the organization (i.e., OPA-C, ST, CST, SA, LSA, RN, RNFA, PA-C, OTC, OT-SC, OAP, ROT etc.).
Benefits of Membership Include:
The executive board for TCOPA is very proactive in Texas and at the national level. There are a lot of things happening for OPA’s in the state and at a national level and we would like to personally invite you to take part in these future opportunities. We are currently accepting applications for membership from Health Care Professionals who are involved in Orthopedics and are interested in bettering themselves as well as the organization (i.e., OPA-C, ST, CST, SA, LSA, RN, RNFA, PA-C, OTC, OT-SC, OAP, ROT etc.).
Benefits of Membership Include:
- Up to Two Free Meetings for CEU’s (Continuing Education Credits) per year.
- Access to networking with other OPA-Cs
- Billing Q and A
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Classifications of Membership: Fellow and Affiliate
Fellow members are required to have passed a certification exam from the National Board for Certification of Orthopaedic Physician's Assistants, and attained the certification of OPA-C. Fellow members are eligible for voting privileges at the annual TCOPA meeting and may hold office on the Executive Board. Applicants which are not certified OPA-C’s are encouraged to join as Affiliate members. As Affiliate members applicants will receive the same benefits as Fellow members with the exception of voting privileges and the ability to hold office on the Executive Board.
Both memberships provide the applicant with the opportunity to participate in educational and networking benefits, such as the newsletter subscription, membership directory, legislative voice and discounted meeting registration fees.
Membership applications are available upon request. The application includes instructions on mailing the application and membership fees, which are $200 for both Fellow and Affiliate membership.
Both memberships provide the applicant with the opportunity to participate in educational and networking benefits, such as the newsletter subscription, membership directory, legislative voice and discounted meeting registration fees.
Membership applications are available upon request. The application includes instructions on mailing the application and membership fees, which are $200 for both Fellow and Affiliate membership.