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January 24, 2023 • Banner feature, Physician Assistant Studies gaining health care experience, gaining medical experience, Physician's Assistant Studies, Remote Area Medical, seeing patients for the first time,
This past December, The University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth partnered with Remote Area Medical — for the second time — to bring free health care to the underserved and uninsured population in Texas. The impact of this clinic reverberated throughout North Texas and beyond. Last year alone, 623 volunteers served…
February 28, 2022 • Physician Assistant Studies, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, Students
By Sally Crocker Anniversaries are a time for celebration, reflection, honoring the past and looking to the future. This spring, students, faculty and staff of HSC’s School of Health Professions Physician Assistant Studies (PA) program did just that as the Class of 2022 and the 1,000th graduate stepped forward to receive recognition and awards signifying…
April 19, 2021 • Alumni, Physician Assistant Studies, Students
By Alex Branch Emily Holloway (PA ’20) has sewn shut plenty of open wounds at the rural urgent care center where she works in on the East Coast. But she hadn’t encountered anything like the bleeding man who rushed through the clinic’s doors recently. He had sliced his arm open on broken glass. His hand and his shirt were…
May 18, 2020 • COVID-19, Physician Assistant Studies, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions
By Jan Jarvis Ashley Twining’s first assignment as a physician assistant working in the epicenter of the pandemic was unnerving. “I was there to take the place of another PA who passed away from COVID-19 only one week earlier,” she said. That grim reality did not stop the 2012 UNT Health Science Center graduate from…
March 3, 2020 • Physician Assistant Studies, Students, TCOM, TCU and UNTHSC School of Medicine
By Steven Bartolotta Samar Taqvi wanted to do it for her father. Sadie Thompson and Heidi Spann wanted to expand their versatility in rural areas of Texas where they’ll eventually practice medicine. The Culinary Medicine Class is a six-week course that emphasizes the importance of nutritious and delicious food in fostering good health. But it’s…
February 18, 2020 • Patient Care, Physician Assistant Studies, Physician Assistant Studies, School of Health Professions, UNT System
By Diane Smith A physician assistant and doctor in Fort Worth are treating student patients in Dallas through a new virtual medicine program at UNT Health Science Center. As part of the program, sick students at UNT Dallas can schedule appointments and be examined by a physician assistant or a doctor in Fort Worth. Physician…
September 26, 2019 • Physician Assistant Studies, Physician Assistant Studies
By Alex Branch To understand why physician assistant is one of the hottest jobs, meet Victoria Florez. She fielded four job offers before she even graduated last year from the UNT Health Science Center Physician Assistant (PA) Studies Program. Each offer was from a different specialty. Did she want to work in plastic surgery, wound…
October 16, 2018 • Physician Assistant Studies
By Alex Branch For the fourth straight year, every graduate of the Physician Assistant Studies Program at UNT Health Science Center passed the national certification exam on the first attempt – the second- longest streak among the eight programs in the state of Texas. Master of Physician Assistant Studies Learn more about admissions requirements,…
September 25, 2018 • Physician Assistant Studies, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch Medical student Joshua Pavlik knows the value of a tourniquet in preventing someone from bleeding to death. The former U.S. Army Special Forces medic used them to save the lives of U.S. military personnel in Afghanistan. Now the third-year Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine student is teaching fellow students to properly apply…
August 27, 2018 • College of Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Physician Assistant Studies, Students, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
By Alex Branch A new generation of physicians, physical therapists, physician assistants and pharmacists formally began their journey into the health care profession Friday at the UNT Health Science Center White Coat Ceremony. The ceremony is a rite of passage that encourages new students to fulfill a psychological contract for professionalism and empathy as future…
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