Physician Assistant Articles

When the Little League World Series begins Aug. 18, students from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s School of Health Sciences will once again help to provide urgent and emergency health care. Forty-four students pursuing careers as paramedics and physician assistants will lend a hand and gain valuable experience during the 11-day championship that draws thousands of spectators.

A physician assistant at the Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center received the Alumni Achievement Award at Pennsylvania College of Technology’s Summer 2016 commencement ceremonies, held Aug. 6 at the Community Arts Center, Williamsport. Megan E.

Because a patient experiencing a health emergency will likely be cared for by many health care professionals with differing specialties, Pennsylvania College of Technology has taken an active approach to ensure that students understand the roles and collaboration necessary on a health care team.

Lynn Eckrote has been named director of the Physician Assistant Program at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Eckrote, who had served as a clinical director before being named interim director of the program, began her employment at Penn College in 2014.

"Stay Tuned" to WVIA-TV Penn College's success in answering the skilled demands of industry will be featured in the next episode of WVIA-TV's "Stay Tuned," premiering at 7 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 21. The recurring series continues the public television station's goal to highlight those making a difference in meeting critical community needs.

Dr. Guy A. Giordano (left) says that Hassan was the sickest patient at the Ebola Treatment Unit to survive. Giordano is a family physician in Williamsport and a part-time instructor in the college's Physician Assistant Program. From the Winter 2015 One College Avenue: In Sierra Leone, a part-time member of the physician assistant faculty lent his skill to help in an Ebola Treatment Unit.

Winter 2015/Annual Report cover The Winter 2015/Annual Report issue of One College Avenue, Penn College’s official magazine, is on its way to mailboxes. You can also read it online or pick up a copy in building lobbies across campus.

Savanna R. Stauffer, a physician assistant student from Ephrata, draws a dose of the vaccine into a syringe. PA student Bryce A. Petersheim, of Birdsboro, administers a flu shot to Francis J. Quigley, an engineering design technology student from Coatesville. After a reportedly pain-free injection, physician assistant student Jessica A.

Trueman (left) and Finkelstein-Diaz in WNEP report Newswatch 16’s Kristina Papa incorporated volunteers from Penn College's School of Health Sciences in her Tuesday report on preparations for the Little League Baseball World Series. The WNEP multimedia journalist recently interviewed Mark A.

A large contingent of Pennsylvania College of Technology students is set to assist the Little League Baseball World Series medical team when sports fans around the world focus on Williamsport in late August.