News & Events

Announcements, updates, posts, invitations, and stories linked to the daily aspects of MEDEX Northwest, its five campuses, its place in the UW Medicine’s Department of Family Medicine, and its leading role in the field of PA education.

New MEDEX Graduates Celebrate End of Studies
September 8, 2016

Each year MEDEX Northwest educates over 100 physician assistants across four sites, and 2016 added new alumni to the ranks of over 2,200 prior graduates. With four graduation ceremonies taking place over two weeks, a summary review of the highlights reminds us what it takes to become a PA. [...]

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MEDEX Course 580 Now Open: Homelessness in Seattle
July 7, 2016

Starting on January 5th MEDEX will sponsor a 10-week interprofessional  course for UW students in the Health Sciences. Others may participate remotely as all lectures will be live streamed via the MEDEX YouTube Channel. To register and for more details, visit the course website. [...]

MEDEX Degree Options Have Changed in Spokane and Anchorage!
February 22, 2016

In 2021, PA education will be undergoing a change nationally. At this time, all PA programs must grant master’s degrees at the completion of the program. With this shift coming in just a few years, MEDEX is taking steps to meet this change. [...]

Terry Scott, MPA, PA-C, appointed Program Director and Section Head of MEDEX Northwest
July 7, 2015

Terry Scott, MPA, PA-C, has been appointed to the combined role of Program Director and Section Head of MEDEX Northwest. Terry spent his early childhood in segregated rural East Texas and moved to Seattle in the 1970’s where he graduated from Garfield High School. A graduate of MEDEX class 25 [...]

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New MEDEX Veterans Video
May 17, 2015

Since 1969 MEDEX Northwest has been committed to medics and corpsmen transitioning from the military to become PAs in the private sector. Watch the video [...]

John Betz, PA-C, retires after 44 Years
November 3, 2014

In 1967, John Betz was a recruited by Dick Smith to train for a new category of mid-level practitioners at MEDEX. During his preceptorship phase, Betz was assigned to rural clinic in Othello, WA where he remained in practice for 44 years. This digital story captures Betz’s life and career [...]

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MEDEX “Engagement” Video
October 10, 2014

What does it take to become a physician assistant? Apart from the basic clinical skills of medicine, one must cultivate trusting relationships with the patients. During their first year at MEDEX Northwest, PA students learn the necessary clinical skills in the classroom setting— taking a medical history, and conducting medical [...]

MEDEX Graduation Video 2014
October 2, 2014

In August of 2014, 119 students graduated from MEDEX Northwest from across four sites: Seattle, Spokane, Yakima and Anchorage. This short video captures the celebratory moment, when two years of personal sacrifice, intensive study and clinical rotations opens up the profession of physician assistant to these individuals. [...]

MEDEX Seattle Opens New Classroom
January 11, 2014

In January of 2014, MEDEX Seattle didactic students returned from winter break to a new classroom, effectively doubling the size of the previous space.

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PAs and the ACA
December 2, 2013

A recently published article in Academic Medicine examines the potential impact of the Affordable Care Act on large medical education programs, including the University of Washington. Entire sections address the critical importance of physician assistants in implementation of the ACA.

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