PA Doctor Brings High-Quality Healthcare to Underserved Kids
Dr. Sarah Buch isn’t your average country doctor. She’s actually not a physician at all. Yet she’s bringing healthcare to West Virginia kids anyways.
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Temporomandibular Joint Disorder is Not a Dental Problem
Future research should identify pharmacotherapeutic agents for the management of chronic nociplastic pain that are better tolerated.
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Can Physical Activity Help Prevent Burnout in First-Year Physician Assistant Students? A Proposed Research Study
The researchers hypothesize that physical activity can help prevent burnout in first-year PA students.
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High Point University Adds DMS with a Bridge Option
Point collaborated with the United Methodist Church to form High Point University. Today, this private university enrolls about 5,000 students and now offers the Doctor of Medical Science (DMS) to PAs.
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New Doctor of Medical Science Program at Pacific University
Pacific University in Forest Grove, Oregon is now offering the Doctor of Medical Science degree (DMSc). Future Pacific PA Doctors will have to complete 4 semesters in “real-life application of healthcare science principles” unless they direct-admit from Pacific’s 27-month Master of PA studies program.
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Journey to DMS | Chapter 4
I just posted my last weekly reflection for the cardiology module–that’s one module down and eight more to go in LMU’s Doctor of Medical Science program for PAs. For the next five weeks, we’ll be studying nephrology, with a retired nephrologist as our instructor.
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Journey to DMS | Chapter 3
We are now 2 weeks into our cardiology module and the LMU DMS program as a whole. While I feel
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What’s up with the name of this blog? What is a PA Doctor?
One of the questions I often get is, “Why PA Doctor?” It’s kind of confusing, I’ll admit. But it piques
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Doctor of Medical Science Legislation “Not Palatable” to Physicians
The first Doctor of Medical Science program for PAs was created at Lincoln Memorial University (LMU) in Harrogate, Tennesee. It
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Why Nobody Cares About a Physician Assistant to MD Bridge Program
I’m not ashamed to say that this is a phrase I’ve Googled many times: pa to md bridge. Or: physician assistant to md bridge program. Why? Because as capable and competent as I’ve become after 8 years of practicing primary care medicine, I want to be able to do more for my patients.
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