Each year, fifteen PA students are selected to participate in this exciting year-long fellowship, designed to explore foundations in teaching, expose students to the current educational environment, and expand professional...
Last month, the department held its Inaugural Education, Research, and Community Engagement Student Poster Summit. With more than 55 posters, the poster session was a success. Click to read more...
PAEA is now accepting applications for the 2019 Don Pederson Research Grant. This is an ideal opportunity for early-career PA faculty to receive up to $7,000 to fund a research...
Congratulations to 10 of our department members for making the national listing of top10% providers in patient satisfaction. We are proud of and congratulate each of our providers as well...
Lower Back Pain is a common injury in many workers. Dr. Hegmann and colleagues recently published a new study in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine regarding adherence to...
Please join us on Monday, April 15 at the Cleone P. Eccles Alumni House for our Inaugural Department Poster Summit. Students and faculty will be show casing their research and...
We congratulate the Physician Assistant Studies Division on its recent ranking of #4 in the top PA schools in the nation! We are proud of our divisions and department members...
Congratulations Dr. Virginia Valentin, DrPH, PA-C, on the publication of an article on the National Academy of Medicine website. Dr. Valentin is a co-author of an article focused on burnout...
The Department of Family & Preventive Medicine is pleased to welcome Trenton Honda, PhD, PA-C. Dr. Honda joined the department as the Chief for the Division of Physician Assistant Studies...
As the didactic year for Class 48 came to a close the Physician Assistant Studies Program held a breakfast at the Officer’s Club on Aug. 1 to honor the students...
The Physician Assistant Studies Program works with a variety of communities and people throughout the state of Utah. The PA program recently visited Hildale, a small town in Southern Utah...
Successful First Silent Auction for Physician Assistant Student Organization. The Physician Assistant Students Supporting Equity and Diversity (PASSED) hosted its first silent auction on Friday, July 12, 2018 to benefit...
In March, Jennifer Forbes, MHS, PA-C, Assistant Professor in the Division of Physician Assistant Studies, received the Mental Health Outreach Fellowship through the PA (Physician Assistant) Foundation. Forbes was one...
On Friday, April 13, the University of Utah Physician Assistant Studies Program will be holding an open house at the Russell C. Taylor Health Science Center at Dixie State University...
I wanted to highlight a few of our faculty and staff members who recently won national awards from their perspective professional organizations. It is always an honor to be present...
On Oct. 16 students belonging to the University of Utah Student Chapter of the American Industrial Hygiene Association, or AIHA, sent a box of supplies to the Industrial Hygiene Department...
On Oct. 3, the University of Utah’s Physician Assistant Program faculty and staff gathered with a few leading pioneers in the Physician Assistant (PA) world at the Swaner Forum in...
The position of physician assistant turns 50 this week. PAs have become a common member of healthcare teams across the nation, and you’ve likely been treated by one. But where...
Approximately one in five adults in the U.S. – 43.8 million, or 18.5 percent – experience mental illness in a given year.1 When considering a project that might benefit her...
Three PA faculty members have been selected for the inaugural AAPA-PAEA Research Fellowship, a new program designed to build the profession’s research capacity by funding one release day per week...
The pathophysiology of lateral epicondylitis (LE) is unclear. Recent evidence suggests some common musculoskeletal disorders may have a basis in cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Thus, we examined CVD risks...
So you’ve decided you want to earn a PhD. You have read about the road blocks, you’ve selected your committee, and you’ve started writing your dissertation. But why start thinking...
Recently a young female faculty member at our program took over teaching a class for an older seasoned male teacher. She used the same slides and the same teaching content...