Physician Assistant Training: May 2017

Wednesday, May 31, 2017

AF selects 50 physician assistant training program candidates – Air Force Link

AF selects 50 physician assistant training program candidates
Air Force Link
The military services combined their various physician assistant programs to form the IPAP in 1996 at the Army Medical Department Center and School at Fort Sam Houston. The program includes 16 months of academic training followed by 13 months of …

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Tuesday, May 30, 2017

Emory & Henry launches MS program in physician assistant studies – Southwest Virginia Today

Emory & Henry launches MS program in physician assistant studies
Southwest Virginia Today
MARION, Va. — Emory & Henry College will officially launch the third graduate offering at the School of Health Sciences on the E&H Marion Campus on Monday with the addition of the master of physician assistant studies program. The college has already …

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PA Student David McGehee GS’17 Awarded Veterans Caucus Scholarship – Bethel University News

Bethel University News

PA Student David McGehee GS’17 Awarded Veterans Caucus Scholarship
Bethel University News
Wallace Boeve, director of the physician assistant program, presents the inaugural Vic Germino Legacy Award from the Veterans Caucus of the American Academy of Physician Assistants to David McGehee GS’17. As students filed into their Anderson Center …

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Intense USF Health Physician Assistant Program Gets Underway – WUSF News

WUSF News

Intense USF Health Physician Assistant Program Gets Underway
WUSF News
But it’s not just doctors and nurses — the U.S. Department of Labor projects the number of physician assistant jobs to grow 30 percent by 2024. So the University of South Florida is now offering a PA masters’ degree to help meet that demand. The …

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Meet the Inaugural Class of the USF Health Physician Assistant Program – WUSF News

WUSF News

Meet the Inaugural Class of the USF Health Physician Assistant Program
WUSF News
It’s no secret that the U.S. population is aging. And with that comes the need for more medical professionals. But it’s not just doctors and nurses – the U.S. Department of Labor projects the number of physician assistant jobs to grow 30 percent by 2024.

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Monday, May 29, 2017

I-TEAM: CareSpot PA accused of sex crime on patient – WJXT Jacksonville

WJXT Jacksonville

I-TEAM: CareSpot PA accused of sex crime on patient
WJXT Jacksonville
A CareSpot physician assistant in Jacksonville is charged with a sex crime against a female patient. Jeffrey Edwards, 47, who was working at the CareSpot off Beach and Hodges Boulevards, is charged with exposing sexual organs to a 62-year-old woman …

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Students in Emory & Henry’s first PA class don their white coats – Southwest Virginia Today

Southwest Virginia Today

Students in Emory & Henry’s first PA class don their white coats
Southwest Virginia Today
The ceremony is relatively new for some medical study programs, including physician assistant. It marks the student’s transition from the study of preclinical to clinical health sciences, and some students consider it a rite of passage. At some …

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Friday, May 26, 2017

Can an NP or PA Function as a Scribe for a Physician? – Medscape

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Can an NP or PA Function as a Scribe for a Physician?
Medscape
Technically, the answer is yes, but why would that be practical, reasonable, or desirable? A scribe is an unlicensed individual, usually a recent college graduate who is thinking of going to medical or physician assistant (PA) school. A scribe simply …

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Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Claims Nixed In VA Physician Assistant Sex Assault Suit – Law360 (subscription)

Claims Nixed In VA Physician Assistant Sex Assault Suit
Law360 (subscription)
Law360, Los Angeles (May 23, 2017, 10:21 PM EDT) — A Kansas federal judge on Monday dismissed a negligent hiring claim against the federal government in a suit accusing a former Veterans Affairs physician’s assistant of sexual assault, but allowed the …

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Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Claims Nixed In VA Physician Assistant Sex Assault Suit – Law360 (subscription)

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Physician Assistants Filling Gaps in Rural Health Care – KUAR

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Physician Assistants Filling Gaps in Rural Health Care
KUAR
Physician assistants don’t have the same level of education as a doctor but do many of the same things, but they’re being credited with helping to fill some of the scheduling gaps that have long been a problem in rural Arkansas. Supporters of the …

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E&H physician assistant students don white coats in ceremony – Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)

E&H physician assistant students don white coats in ceremony
Bristol Herald Courier (press release) (blog)
Thirty first-year students donned white coats for the first time as part of the inaugural physician assistant (PA) studies program white coat ceremony at the historic Lincoln Theatre in Marion, Va. on Monday. Emory White Coat Ceremony 02. Photo …

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Monday, May 22, 2017

QU honors top performing Wallingford resident in physician’s assistant program – Meriden Record-Journal

Meriden Record-Journal

QU honors top performing Wallingford resident in physician’s assistant program
Meriden Record-Journal
WALLINGFORD — A town resident recently received two academic awards for graduating with the highest grade point average in Quinnipiac University’s School of Health Sciences and one of the highest GPAs in his class. Gabriel Gary Umbehr was honored …

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Physician Assistants Filling Gaps in Rural Health Care – KASU

KASU

Physician Assistants Filling Gaps in Rural Health Care
KASU
Physician assistants, who don’t have the same level of education as a doctor, but can do many of the same things are being credited with helping to fill some of the scheduling gaps that have long been a problem in rural Arkansas. Supporters of the …

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