Written by Nathan Miracle, MS, PA-C
Director of Didactic Education
The summer semester brought for our students a heavy dose of medicine (no pun intended)! They traversed eight sections of Clinical Medicine in just 9 weeks, where they began to learn the nuts and bolts of medical knowledge and application. Pharmacotherapeutics introduced them to a whole new vocabulary as they learned hundreds of medications and their applications. The student’s physical exam skills were bolstered by learning special examination techniques including male and female GU examination. We are very thankful for our new partnership with the University of Missouri Simulation Center, here in Springfield, which allowed our students the opportunity to practice these examinations on standardized patients without having to leave the area. For our alumni, you can appreciate how beneficial this experience is and to not have to travel four hours away to complete this experience is such a blessing! While the summer semester went by in a flash our students still found opportunity to get together in the great outdoors and expend some pent up energy, either on the sand volleyball courts or around a spikeball net. As they move into their final semester of didactic education, our students will be provided with more opportunities to further their medical knowledge, learn clinical procedure techniques, and further their knowledge of pharmacology as they prepare for their next phase of education. This portion of their education will culminate in a White Coat Ceremony on December 10th where our students, with friends and family in attendance, will recite the Physician Assistant Oath and be given their white laboratory coats symbolizing their transition into their clinical phase of education. The faculty and staff of the MSU PA department look forward, with great anticipation, to helping this cohort complete their didactic phase of PA education this fall semester!
Class of 2023 links:
- Clinical Medicine I with dermatology inspired cookie art (post found within facebook page)
- Licensing Presentations
- First OR Procedures Lab
- Didactic Student Scoop Kaci Hultz
- Didactic Student Scoop Sadie Turner
- Didactic Student Scoop Gabriela Sappington
- Didactic Student Scoop Ashleigh Sharkey
- Didactic Student Scoop Samuel Wilson
- Didactic Student Scoop Courtney Weatherford
- Didactic Student Scoop Ryan Liddell
- Didactic Student Scoop Olivia Eikel