Our guest host today is GW PA student Liz Sanders, MPH, RDN.  Liz is joined by Clare McNutt, to discuss alternative career paths for PAs. Clare is an alumni of the GW PA program and serves as an adjunct faculty member for the program.

After practicing as a PA for more than 10 years, she co-founded Mindoula Health, where she serves as the Vice President of Partnerships and Collaborative Care. Clare discussed her inspiration for moving into this non-traditional role and provides a few suggestions for early career PAs as they consider career choices for their future.

This podcast features the song “Reach For Success” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…Reach_Success) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license.

In this episode, we are joined by Howard Straker, MHP, EdD, PA-C, Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies and Director of the PA-MPH joint degree program at GWU. Dr. Straker also is the immediate past president of the Physician Assistant Education Association.

He discusses his experience with the field of public health as a complement to the medical training received by PAs and as an opportunity to enhance the impact that PAs can make on the health of the communities they serve.

This podcast features the song “Reach For Success” (freemusicarchive.org/music/Scott_Ho…Reach_Success) by Scott Holmes, available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial (01https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) license

In this episode, we have with us Harrison Reed, Assistant Professor in the Department of PA Studies at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences.  Professor Reed is a physician assistant and educator who regularly writes and lectures about healthcare culture.

Here are some of his recent publications.

JAAPA Editorial:

 https://journals.lww.com/jaapa/Fulltext/2020/02000/Treat_rude_behavior_as_a_threat_to_patient_safety.1.aspx

NEJM In Practice Blogs:

https://blogs.jwatch.org/frontlines-clinical-medicine/2017/03/15/toxic-talent-high-performing-jerks-arent-worth-trouble/

https://blogs.jwatch.org/frontlines-clinical-medicine/2017/10/31/call-em-out-harvey-weinstein-bobo-dolls-and-the-psychology-of-a-scolding/

Doximity Op-Med Blog:

https://opmed.doximity.com/articles/this-pa-is-exposing-the-toxic-culture-of-medicine