Preparing Future Primary Care Providers to Take on the Opioid Crisis

Students from across all five of MEDEX Northwest’s campuses will participate in a full-day Buprenorphine training in the treatment of opioid use disorder (OUD) in preparation for their primary care clinical rotations: MEDEX Kona (April 14), MEDEX Anchorage (April 21), MEDEX Spokane (May 12), MEDEX Tacoma (May 25), and finally MEDEX Seattle (May 26).

Read More

Featured Stories

“I Guess It All Worked Out”: An Interview with PA Pioneer Robert Woodruff, PA-C (MEDEX Seattle Class 1)

Robert Woodruff, PA-C, is a member of MEDEX Seattle Class 1 (1969), MEDEX Northwest’s first [...]

Read More
Healer’s Art: Building Relationships in Medicine

The Healer’s Art program has connected minds and experiences within the medical profession for decades [...]

Read More
It Doesn’t Have to Define You: An Interview with Sarah Serpinas, MS, PA-C

Sarah Serpinas, MS, PA-C, is a Lecturer on the Didactic Faculty of the MEDEX Spokane [...]

Read More

Didactic Experience

PA Week 2023 at MEDEX Northwest

The idea behind National PA Week, which is held every year from Oct. 6 – [...]

Read More
Volunteerism at MEDEX Northwest

For a good number of MEDEX Northwest students, volunteerism proved to be the best way [...]

Read More
You Are Crushing It.

When the first case of COVID-19 case was discovered at the University of Washington, MEDEX [...]

Read More

Clinical Experience

A Challenging Year to be a PA Student

Joesie Bowdish of MEDEX Seattle Class 52 saw her clinical year begin near the start [...]

Read More
Providing Joy in Medicine

Emily Storesund believes there’s far too little joy in medicine. Her years working as a [...]

Read More
Finding Your Place as Part of a Team

A former researcher in late stage cancer for Seattle Cancer Care Alliance, Hiep Nguyen has [...]

Read More

Historical

The Origins of MEDEX Northwest

Launched in 1969 at the University of Washington in Seattle, MEDEX is the second oldest [...]

Read More
Multiply My Hands: Dr. Richard Smith and the Founding of MEDEX Northwest

In his lifetime, Dr. Richard Smith has made significant contributions to US healthcare. Most notable [...]

Read More
Physician Assistants Today

"Physician Assistants Today" is a 10-minute film that acts as a public information primer on [...]

Read More

Veterans

“I Guess It All Worked Out”: An Interview with PA Pioneer Robert Woodruff, PA-C (MEDEX Seattle Class 1)

Robert Woodruff, PA-C, is a member of MEDEX Seattle Class 1 (1969), MEDEX Northwest’s first [...]

Read More
Veterans Day 2023: The Journey

Since 1969 and the graduation of Seattle Class 1 – a group of 12 comprised [...]

Read More
A Life of Service

In recognition of Veterans Day, we reached out to our current military students to share [...]

Read More