Elizabeth Poindexter | Physician Assistant Studies

Second-year Physician Assistant Studies student Andre Braima has received a grant from the North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants (NCAPA). Braima will use the funds to attend the American Association of Physician Assistants’ Leadership and Advocacy Summit, to be held at the end of March. Braima, from western Kentucky, is a nontraditional student who worked …

Physician Assistant Studies students who participated in the Carolina COVID-19 Student Service Corps

Physician Assistant Studies students are administrating COVID-19 vaccines at multiple locations in Chapel Hill and Carrboro—an experience they’ll remember as future health care providers. Douglas Brittingham and Karla Chavez, both second-year PA students, have administered dozens of vaccines at the William and Ida Friday Center for Continuing Education over the past several weeks as part …

The Physician Assistant Education Association Journal recently featured Physician Assistant Studies students regarding their efforts to distribute COVID-19 vaccines.

The Physician Assistant Studies program, housed in the Department of Allied Health Sciences (DAHS), held its fourth commencement ceremony on November 25, 2020. The thirty-minute ceremony, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, highlighted its graduates’ resilience and grit. Paul Chelminski, the program’s director, said he is immensely proud of the class of 2020, which …

The Society of Point-of-Care Ultrasound has awarded Janelle Bludorn, a clinical assistant professor of Physician Assistant Studies, with its 2020 SPOCUS Golden Probe Award for her contributions and dedicated service to the society’s mission. The society called Bludorn an “advocate, disrupter, and mentor,” of point-of-care ultrasound, otherwise known as POCUS. This type of care encapsulates …

Heather Prince was a driven clinician, a scientific partner, a teacher and mentor, and an athlete. In every aspect of her life, she relentlessly operated at the highest level of excellence, and expected those she worked with and mentored to achieve the same. She dedicated her life to the service of others. Heather’s loss has …

The Association of Physician Assistants in Obstetrics & Gynecology has recognized Physician Assistant Studies preceptor Jacquetta Melvin, PA-C, MPH, with its annual preceptor award.

Jessica Thomas is a second-year Physician Assistant Studies student whose desire to work with people as a health care professional spurred her to volunteer with Meals on Wheels of Durham in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Thomas, from Asheboro, North Carolina, said volunteers must follow several newer protocols, including wearing a mask and participating in …

ABC 11 recently featured Kami Harris (MHS ‘17), an alumna of the Physician Assistant Studies program, in a mental health tool kit series as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Harris said self-care is important, especially during the pandemic. Harris recommended journaling, listening to music, and using meditation apps to take care of …

Personal protection equipment (PPE) assembled by Physician Assistant Studies students.

Second-year Physician Assistant Studies students are teaming up at UNC-Chapel Hill’s Be a Maker (BeAM) makerspace where the University community can design and make of physical objects for education, research, entrepreneurship and recreation to assemble personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Lindsey Price and Alison Baron-Johnson, whose clinical rotations are put …

Fields mailed this batch of brackets to the Wake Forest School of Medicine's Hematology Oncology Ambulatory Cancer Center.

Alec Fields, a second-year student in Physician Assistant Studies who began to use his personal 3D printer to create much-needed brackets for personal protective equipment (PPE) in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, has received numerous requests for the brackets from around the country. Fields, a veteran and former fleet Marine force hospital corpsman, estimates he …

Emily Wilkins is a second-year Physician Assistant Studies student from Rutherfordton, North Carolina who returned to work in neighboring Hendersonville as a paramedic during the COVID-19 pandemic to serve our state. With student clinical rotations on hold, Wilkins decided her experience as a paramedic prior to PA school would be beneficial to rural communities. “The …

Author Archives: Elizabeth Poindexter

Second-Year Physician Assistant Studies Student Andre Braima Receives Grant from North Carolina Academy of Physician Assistants

Physician Assistant Studies Students Mobilize COVID-19 Vaccine Efforts in Chapel Hill

Physician Assistant Studies Students Featured in Physician Assistant Education Association Journal

Physician Assistant Studies Celebrates Fourth Class of Graduates in Online Ceremony

Society of Point-of-Care Ultrasound Recognizes Janelle Bludorn with its Golden Probe Award

Heather Prince Physician Assistant Program Excellence in Work and Life Award

Association of Physician Assistants in Obstetrics & Gynecology Recognizes Preceptor Jacquetta Melvin, PA-C, MPH

Second-Year Physician Assistant Studies Student Jessica Thomas Volunteers with Meals on Wheels in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

ABC 11 Features UNC PA Alumna Kami Harris (MHS ‘17) As She Discusses Mental Health During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Physician Assistant Studies Students Assemble Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in Response to COVID-19 Pandemic

Fields’s Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Brackets Shipped to Health Care Providers Nationwide

Emily Wilkins Aims to Fill Void in Rural Health Care; Responds to COVID-19 Pandemic