“…Although studies have assessed physicians' awareness and use of national reporting systems in the United States ( Leape, 2002 ;Pushkin, Frassetto, Tsourounis, Segal, & Kim, 2010 ;Rogers et al, 1988 ), few have assessed the awareness of nurse practitioners (NPs) and physician assistants (PAs) ( Ehrenpreis, Sifuentes, Ehrenpreis, Smith, & Marshall, 2012 ). Because of the increasing amount of time NPs and PAs spend in direct patient contact, these two categories of healthcare providers are important sources of adverse event reports ( American Academy of Physician Assistants, 2008 ;Atwater, Bednar, Hassman, & Khouri, 2008 ;Auerbach, 2012 ;Bodenheimer & Pham, 2010 ;Carpenter, Gregg, Owens, Buchman, & Coopersmith, 2012 ;Kane, Flood, Keckhafer, & Rockwood, 2001 ).…”