{"id":11547,"date":"2017-10-24T10:06:23","date_gmt":"2017-10-24T17:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/?post_type=post&p=11547"},"modified":"2022-04-04T19:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T19:34:35","slug":"never-any-doubt-id-keep-going-to-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2017\/10\/24\/never-any-doubt-id-keep-going-to-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Never Any Doubt I\u2019d Keep Going To School"},"content":{"rendered":"

P<\/span>eople come to the MEDEX Northwest<\/strong><\/span> physician assistant training program at the UW with all kinds of prior medical experience under their belt. But few can make the claim to be medical educators.<\/p>\n

For 12 years, Stacia Reagan taught medical assistants at Spokane Community College. \u201cI was the program director of the medical assistant program, and I wrote my own textbook,\u201d she says. At the same time, Stacia completed her Master’s degree in Adult Education.\u00a0 Prior to teaching, Stacia worked as a medical assistant for Dr. Richard Lambert, of Spokane Respiratory Consultants while pursuing her Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe gave me my first job out of school, and I stayed with him all through getting my other degrees, until I eventually went into teaching at Spokane Community College, at which time he came aboard with me as the program\u2019s medical advisor,\u201d Stacia explains.<\/p>\n