{"id":7762,"date":"2015-12-20T14:05:49","date_gmt":"2015-12-20T22:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/?post_type=post&p=7762"},"modified":"2022-04-04T20:31:24","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T20:31:24","slug":"modeling-respect-for-those-in-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/medex\/magazine\/2015\/12\/20\/modeling-respect-for-those-in-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Modeling Respect for Those in Need"},"content":{"rendered":"

Joshua Lumsden \u2014 Seattle Class 48<\/span><\/p>\n

Joshua Lumsden is in his family practice preceptorship at the East Wenatchee Express Clinic of Columbia Valley Community Health Services. Now in his second year of physician assistant studies, Joshua is working directly in clinic for the first time.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, I love it,\u201d he says. \u201cIt still amazes that people who are sick care what I think, and that they think I’m credible.\u201d<\/p>\n

But credible he is. During his didactic year in April of 2015, the MEDEX faculty awarded Joshua Lumsden the prestigious Richard Smith scholarship, named after the founder of MEDEX. Winners of this award are seen as visionaries with a commitment to increasing access to healthcare for the underserved, especially from a broad global perspective.<\/p>\n

\u201cColumbia Valley’s commitment towards remedying health disparities, especially with the Hispanic community, is just admirable,\u201d he says. \u201cIt’s exactly the kind of clinic I would like to work with.\u201c<\/p>\n

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