Professor Howard Straker, Assistant Professor of Physician Assistant Studies, “teaches a course called Health, Justice and Society which includes a service-learning component where currently the PA students work with community PAs to produce patient education materials that are specific to their population and meet health literacy principles.” To learn more about Professor Straker's work and our Nashman Affiliate Faculty, please click here. Professor Straker is also the President of Physician Assistant Education Association (PAEA); to read his interview with PAEA, please click here.
Recently, Professor Straker and other scholars published Improving health disparities in PA practices: A quality improvement initiative. In the article, scholars work “to assess a quality improvement initiative designed to highlight awareness of health disparities and improve healthcare practices among participants” (Zuber et al., 2020). To read the full article, please click here.
We are honored to have Professor Straker serve as a Nashman Affiliate. If you would like more information on getting your Community Engaged Scholarship course designated, please click here.
