2026-2027 MEDEX Application Cycle Is Now Open
Applications will be accepted May 1 - October 1, 2026 for June 2027 matriculation.
Prospective applicants should review the updated admissions criteria on the Applicants page before applying.
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.
Always Ask Why
A graduate of MEDEX class 20 (1988), and now retiring after 27 years of service as a physician assistant in the Pacific Northwest, June Betsch talks about various aspects of her career. Healer, activist, educator and politician, June sets her sights on the future, including contributing to early childhood development. [...]
The Othello Pioneers
In 1969 MEDEX graduated it’s first class. Among the 14 graduates were John Betz and Paul Snyder, former military corpsmen. Together, Betz and Snyder moved to rural Othello, Washington— population 4,000— to work under Richard Bunch and Kenneth Pershall, two rural doctors struggling to keep up with their patient load. [...]
A Little Bit Bigger Fish
In 1967, John Betz was a recruited by Dick Smith to train for a new category of mid-level practitioners at MEDEX Northwest. 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 [...]