Features
Meet some of the people of MEDEX Northwest – students and faculty, founders and visionaries – who have helped to forge the forward path for PAs and affect change in world of progressive and responsible healthcare delivery.
The MEDEX Northwest 2022 Graduation Season
August marks graduation season at MEDEX Northwest. This year’s gatherings were the first to be held in-person since 2019, bringing an added flavor of relief as students, faculty and families came together in common spaces to honor and celebrate the graduates. We also added a fifth ceremony to our usual [...]
“That’s where I grew up and that’s where I see the need.” New Students, Diversity, and the MEDEX Mission
Following two years of online New Student Orientation sessions due to COVID-19 restrictions, MEDEX faculty and staff were happy to welcome in-person a new cohort of 159 students from across all five MEDEX campuses to the University of Washington’s Seattle campus on a recent summery day. Tove Blake, Director of [...]
All In This Together: A Faculty Profile of Dr. Amanda Kost, Medical Director, MEDEX Northwest
Dr. Amanda Kost is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) at the University of Washington’s School of Medicine, where she teaches, conducts medical education research, and cares for patients. In June 2021, Dr. Kost added to these and her many other professional demands the position of [...]
MEDEX, the Military and Becoming a PA
MEDEX Northwest and the United States Armed Forces are tied at the hip historically—all fourteen members of MEDEX’s inaugural class, Seattle Class 1 (1969), were former Vietnam-era medics or corpsmen in search of a way to put their hard-earned medical knowledge and experience to work in a civilian setting. And [...]
2021 MEDEX Northwest Student Scholarship Winners
We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2021 MEDEX Student Scholarships. There are eight scholarship categories, each named after an individual of particular importance to the MEDEX Northwest PA program. Meet this impressive bunch of MEDEX students.
Driven By Inspiration
Since 2016, the Steven Turnipseed, PA-C Veterans Award has been given to MEDEX graduates in recognition of their service to country, class and community. Two of this year’s recipients, Robin Morris of Anchorage Class 10 and Coty Holm of Spokane Class 22, speak about what (and who) motivated them to [...]
MEDEX Northwest 2020 Graduations: The “Class of COVID-19” Shines
In early October 2020, MEDEX Northwest graduated 128 physician assistant students from across four of its campuses. After 27 months of study, these students were ready to take their place on stage, face their family and friends, and claim their degrees. Of course, the "Class of COVID-19" wound up facing [...]
MEDEX at 50
It took fifty years to get here, but MEDEX Northwest held a grand celebration to mark its golden anniversary. Alumni traveled from across the state and the country to be a part of this benchmark occasion: 2,600 PAs that all started from a small class of fourteen in 1969 right [...]
The MEDEX Champion Awards
With the 50th Anniversary Celebration, MEDEX initiated a new recognition called the MEDEX Champion Award. Its recipients are notable for the important contributions they have brought to this organization. Their vitality, vision, and commitment have left MEDEX and the entire PA profession in a far better place.
MEDEX Graduations 2019: Welcome To The Profession
In August of 2019, MEDEX Northwest graduated 125 physician assistant students across its four sites. After two years of study—one in the classroom, the last year in clinical settings across the WWAMI Region—the graduates took their place in front of friends and family to walk the stage and receive their [...]