Constance Goldgar, MS, PA-C Emeritus
Constance “Connie” Goldgar, MS, PA-C Emeritus, has been a PA educator at the University of Utah’s PA Program from 1994 to her retirement in 2020.
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Constance “Connie” Goldgar, MS, PA-C Emeritus, has been a PA educator at the University of Utah’s PA Program from 1994 to her retirement in 2020.
MEDEX Founder, Dr. Richard Smith was honored at a memorial service in Seattle on October 14th. Dr. Smith passed away in March at his home
Happy 50th anniversary to our friends and colleagues at the PAEA! The PA History Society Board and Staff looks forward to celebrating with them at
50 Years of Physician Assistant Education in Utah and the Intermountain West from the Utah MEDEX Demonstration Project to a nationally ranked graduate educational program
Abstract: International medicine is playing an increasingly prominent role in health care given by PAs. this descriptive, exploratory survey identified and characterized critical concepts related
Photographic essay and journal of Don Pedersen recorded during his trip to Thailand to help in the aftermath of the tsunami of 2004. The journal