Category: Physician Assistant

Scholting invited to serve at conference

Patty Scholting, PA-C, was one of three PA educators invited to attend the 2012 Integrating Quality Meeting: Collaborating for Care national meeting sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC). In addition to serving on the review panel for poster abstracts at this meeting, she was the facilitator for the presentation, “Improving Patient Safety […]

Jun 20, 2012

UNMC Service Award Recipients in the SAHP

Nicki Simmons, Karen Wesche, Gail Hackendahl, and Cindy Skarda The following SAHP staff members were honored for their service to UNMC at the annual awards dinner last week: Karen Wesche – 5 years; Virgie Powers – 10 years (not pictured); Nicki Simmons – 15 years; Gail Hackendahl – 25 years; and Cindy Skarda – 30 […]

Jun 19, 2012

Physician Assistant ranked #1 job by Forbes

Thousands of new college grads will enter the workforce this year, but with unemployment at 8.2% and underemployment near 18%, many will put off the taxing job search process and opt out of the weak job market to pursue graduate degrees. With this in mind, Forbes set out to determine which master’s degrees would provide […]

Jun 15, 2012