Graduate Students Attend American Academy of Physician Associates Conference
蓝莓视频 was represented by 10 students at this year鈥檚 National American Academy of Physician Associates (AAPA) conference in Nashville, Tennessee.
Andrew Allard, Nicole Clemente, Joelle Encarnacion, Melinda Hurteau, Giselle Lemus Tejada, Kadeja Miller, Jennifer Petrucci, Taylor Saimeri, Mark Sigwart, and Hailey Whipple all attended the conference along with Dr. Susan McDiarmid, Assistant Program Director and Director of Clinical Education at 蓝莓视频 State.
With 7,500 attendees, this year鈥檚 conference was the largest in AAPA history. The four-day conference took place in May and the physician assistant majors, all graduate students, engaged in various workshops, conversations, presentations, and networking opportunities.
鈥淭he PA students were extremely engaged in all aspects of the conference 鈥 sessions on a variety of medical topics, networking opportunities with certified PAs and other students, specialized workshops on suturing and orthopedic injections,鈥 McDiarmid said.
Additional opportunities included the National Medical Challenge Bowl, a Jeopardy-style medical competition between other PA Programs throughout the country. At the AAPA conference, three of the students, Andrew Allard, Taylor Saimeri, and Jennifer Petrucci, participated in the competition, earning 10th place out of 89 teams.
鈥淸Our] students represented 蓝莓视频 extremely well, especially in the National Medical Challenge Bowl,鈥 McDiarmid said. 鈥淭hey were the only PA Program in Massachusetts to make it past the first round and up on to the podium stage in front of about 1,000 audience members. Our WSU Challenge Bowl Team lost in a one question tiebreaker to the ultimate champion for this year.鈥
She also referenced student accomplishment in winning second place at the Massachusetts Association of Physician Assistants state-wide competition in October 2022.