Jared Spackman, MPAS, PA-C, Program Director for the UPAP program, shares his thoughts about maintaining academic and clinical activities during the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic.
In 2016, the Utah Legislature granted funding for the expansion of the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program distant campus located in St. George, Utah. Since then, the distant-campus program...
Virginia Valentin, DrPH, PA-C was appointed Division Chief of the Utah Physician Assistant Program (UPAP) in August 2020. In this interview, Dr. Valentin discusses her transition as Chief, the current...
Denise Diaz-Robles, one of the U's Physician Assistant students, writes a letter to the editor of the Salt Lake Tribune praising the work of Physician Assistants in the state and...
Recent UPAP graduate Chanda Duncan was part of a spotlight on the Today Show featuring Physician Assistants across the country celebrating Physician Assistant Week. Duncan appeared masked alongside several other...
Rana Habboush, who joined the PA program in 2018, was featured in the Winter 2020 edition of UtahMed, the alumni magazine for the University of Utah School of Medicine. Rana's...
Vannina Gwilliam, recent UPAP graduate, joined several others from Intermountain Healthcare highlighting the great work done by translators and interpreters in the health professions.
In recognition of the U's Physician Assistant program's excellence in reaching out to students of all backgrounds during the pandemic, the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) Diversity and Inclusion Advancement...
As the coronavirus pandemic underscores socioeconomic inequities in education, the University of Utah PA program steps up. Article by Darin Ryujin, MPAS, PA-C.
