Physician Assistant Program announces awards and scholarships
Physician Assistant Program announces awards and scholarships
GRAND FORKS, N.D.—Winners have been announced for the Scholarly Project Poster Display hosted by the University of North Dakota Physician Assistant (PA) Program on May 1 at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Best Scholarly Project Award winners were selected by a consensus of their peers:
First place—Sheryl Alexander, Florence, Mont.
Second place—Matthew Massmann, Winger, Minn.
The following 2012 PA graduates earned scholarships from the program:
Matthew Massmann—Katherine Maryann Rasmussen Scholarship ($2,000). The Rasmussen endowment provides scholarships to one or more high achieving and qualified students enrolled within the Physician Assistant Program at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Recipients shall be of high moral character and demonstrate the potential to lead successful lives and careers. Massmann will be employed at Riverview Health in Crookston, Minn.
Jeffrey Moberg, Grand Forks—Mickey Knutson Scholarship ($800).The Knutson endowment provides scholarships to UND students, allowing them the opportunity to complete their studies and pursue careers in the health field. The Knutson endowment is awarded to a graduate who will be working in primary care in a rural or underserved area. Moberg will be employed at the Tioga Medical Center in Tioga, N.D.
The Physician Assistant Program is located in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Since its inception in 1970, the PA program has had continuous accreditation by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant. Over the course of the program, students rotate between the classroom on the UND campus in Grand Forks and a physician's practice in the student's home community. The medical school has more than 1,600 graduates from the PA program.
Physician assistants are health professionals who practice medicine collegially with, and under the supervision of, physicians, especially in primary care in rural areas of North Dakota and other rural and underserved areas within the United States. The University of North Dakota Physician Assistant Program is one of 149 PA programs in the United States and is the only PA program in North Dakota.
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Contact: Denis MacLeod, assistant director, Office of Alumni and Community Relations, UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences, (701) 777-2733, denis.macleod@med.und.edu
