Duke Physician Assistant Program News & Blogs

Each year the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) awards 15 Future Educator Fellowships to students of its member schools.     The PAEA website describes the opportunity as an “exciting year-long fellowship, designed to explore foundations in teaching, expose students to the current educational environment, and expand professional development and lea

When the class of 2022 interviewed for their place in the Duke Physician Program there was no inkling of the pandemic that would change the shape of the world for years to come.   

Durham leaders recently dedicated a new affordable housing project to Joyce Nichols. Nichols, a 1970 graduate of the Duke Physician Assistant Program, was the first Black female Physician Assistant (PA)

Duke Physician Assistant (PA) Program students Emily Campbell, Sami Moyer, Austin Graydon and Kay Burrows recently completed the 2022 Future Clinician Leaders College (FCLC) offered by the North Carolina Medical Society (NCMS).  

For 20 years, students from the Duke Physician Assistant Program have visited Burton Elementary School in Durham for an annual health education presentation. Students Ruth Laughon, Elli Flora, Kayla Rowan and Sophia Hasham organized the event this year. Nearly half the class of 2023 visited 4th graders at the school for an educational afternoon focusing on nutrition, physical activity, mindfulness, inclusivity and bullying awareness.   

On April 8, the Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA) and the Central Application Service for Physician Assistants (CASPA) announced they will be expanding their popular fee waiver program to cover more of the fees associated with applying to PA school.

Duke Physician Assistant Program alumn Kate Pocock ('13) spent the first part of the pandemic working in Arizona on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation. The multidisciplinary team worked with Indian Health Services (IHS) to take an in-person approach to contact tracing.