Department of Physician Assistant Studies


June 27, 2016

Class of 2018 Physician Assistant Students Don White Coats for First Time

Robert Tolleson

PA White Coats

June 27, 2016 | Thirty-eight students in the physician assistant program in the UAMS College of Health Professions donned their white coats for the first time on May 20 and recited an oath to care for their patients. The students are at the beginning of a 28-month master’s degree program that will prepare them to provide…


May 5, 2014

Interprofessional Student Teams Vie to Treat Simulated Patients

Ben Boulden

May 5, 2014 | “Sim Wars: The Manikin Strikes Back” competition opened to an enthusiastic audience of about 200 UAMS students and faculty with almost the same flair as “Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back” did in 1980.


December 27, 2013

UAMS Takes Action in 2013

Ben Boulden

Dec. 27, 2013 | New degree programs and innovations in patient care marked 2013 as a year of dynamic action for UAMS.


April 18, 2013

UAMS Physician Assistant Program Achieves Accreditation

Ben Boulden

<p class=”content”>LITTLE ROCK – The physician assistant program at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) recently received accreditation from the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant, the final approval needed before admitting its first class of students.</p>


December 14, 2012

Anatomy Teaching Complex Named for Longtime Educator

Ben Boulden

Dec. 14, 2012 | Colleagues and students from both ends of a 34-year teaching career remembered a gifted educator, anatomist and scientific author during a Dec. 7 dedication ceremony for the Patrick W. Tank Anatomy Teaching Complex at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).



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