{"id":2261,"date":"2017-11-01T14:34:18","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T18:34:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/?p=2261"},"modified":"2018-06-08T10:19:44","modified_gmt":"2018-06-08T14:19:44","slug":"unc-pa-program-featured-in-aamc-reporter-and-on-npr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/2017\/11\/unc-pa-program-featured-in-aamc-reporter-and-on-npr\/","title":{"rendered":"UNC PA Program Featured in AAMC Reporter and on NPR"},"content":{"rendered":"<header>\n<p id=\"description\" class=\".documentDescription\">The March 2013 edition of AAMC Reporter features a story about the UNC physician assistant (PA) master\u2019s degree program.<\/p>\n<\/header>\n<div id=\"content-area\">\n<div id=\"parent-fieldname-text\" class=\"plain\">\n<p>Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and the UNC School of Medicine are collaborating to create the program, which will be designed for returning military veterans. <a class=\"external-link\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.aamc.org\/newsroom\/reporter\/march2013\/331532\/veterans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span class=\"external-link\">Click here<\/span><\/a> to read the full story in the <i>AAMC Reporter<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>In January, National Public Radio broadcast a story nationally about the UNC PA program and how it will help to address the current and looming healthcare needs of North Carolina citizens, especially in underserved communities.\u00a0 Click here for the NPR broadcast featuring Dr. Bruce Cairns, MD, the Director North Carolina Jaycee Burn Center and Professor of Surgery at UNC School of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p>Also in January, the UNC <i>University Gazette<\/i> included a story on the program. <a class=\"external-link\" href=\"http:\/\/gazette.unc.edu\/2013\/01\/08\/new-pa-program-geared-for-veteran-medical-sergeants\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Click here to read the feature<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The March 2013 edition of AAMC Reporter features a story about the UNC physician assistant (PA) master\u2019s degree program. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (BCBSNC) and the UNC School of Medicine are collaborating to create the program, which will be designed for returning military veterans. Click here to read the full story &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/2017\/11\/unc-pa-program-featured-in-aamc-reporter-and-on-npr\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about UNC PA Program Featured in AAMC Reporter and on NPR\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55977,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"layout":"","cellInformation":"","apiCallInformation":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"featured_image_medium":false,"featured_image_medium_large":false,"featured_image_large":false,"featured_image_thumbnail":false,"featured_image_alt":false,"category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55977"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2261\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/healthsciences\/unc-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}